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Tag Archives: Hillbilly at Harvard
Harvard Gazette Highlights WHRB
The Harvard Gazette is “the official news website for Harvard University,” and seems to be updated more-or-less daily. The May 4th issue featured a story by Jon Chase on WHRB staying on the air (‘WHRB keeps classical connections’), despite the … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Bluegrass, Follow-ups, Hillbilly Journal, Program Notes, Radio Talk
Tagged Allison Pao, Chatham Rabbits, Ella Fitzgerald, Emily Spector, Hamish Nicholson, Hank Pattie & the Current, Harvard Gazette, Hillbilly at Harvard, Jon Chase, Mandolin Orange, Margaux Winter, Rhiannon giddens, WHRB
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Done in by. . . a Spider?
Last Sunday, after a visit with two old friends on a sunny afternoon at Castle Island Park, we came home and I switched from shorts to jeans. It was an ordinary evening, of catching up with email and the blogs/websites … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Radio Talk, Random Stuff
Tagged Dr Janie, Hillbilly at Harvard, Li-Ming Hu MD, Metrowest Medical Center, spiders
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Mark Brine Stopping By Saturday the 31st
UPDATE 6Jan17: Had fun chatting with Mark about old times and new. A couple of corrections: Mark is currently back in Maryland, to be closer to his grandchildren. And his musical history goes back farther than the ’80s. Looking forward … Continue reading
Posted in Hillbilly Journal, Radio Talk
Tagged Hillbilly at Harvard, Mark Brine, Sally O'Brien's
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Program Notes for December
UPDATE 4B! (23Dec16): No, not another schedule change. Had a pleasant half hour or so chatting with David Greely last Saturday (though I had to run out in the snow in my sandals to bring him to the correct door), … Continue reading
Posted in Country Calendar, Hillbilly Journal, Program Notes, Radio Talk
Tagged Bluegrass Unlimited, David Greely, Hillbilly at Harvard, Hillbilly at Harvard Christmas Extravaganza, Hillbilly Ranch, Ruth Rappaport, The Burren, The Christmas Revels, The Lilly Brothers, The Poodles, Victor Evkokimoff
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Here’s the Met Opry Schedule for 2016-7
The Metropolitan Opera broadcast season begins December 3rd. There are only four Saturdays (including the first one) with an earlier start (12:30 PM). So HAH will be mostly curtailed by only about 15 minutes for David Elliott‘s Prelude to the … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Radio Talk
Tagged David Elliott, Hillbilly at Harvard, Metropolitan Opry Broadcasts
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HAH History: The Committee Saves the Show!
Back about 1965 or 1966, Cousin Dave Schmalz was living in an apartment on Upland Rd. in Cambridge, which of course he called Upland Downs. At one of his weekly poker parties, a WHRB member (whose name escapes me) turned … Continue reading
The 2016 Harvard Football Pregame Show Airtimes
Here’s the Harvard football schedule for 2016. I list the Pregame show airtimes because that’s when WHRB’s invaluable coverage begins, and, in just five cases this year, when Hillbilly at Harvard will end. We lose only half an hour on … Continue reading
Yes, I Know—James King is Dead
UPDATE 3Jun16: We’ve got a couple of recordings of the James King Band live at WHRB, with Ol’ Sinc hosting, from 1995. I didn’t have a chance to ‘tease’ them last week, so I’ll plan to air one live show … Continue reading
Posted in Bluegrass, Country News, Hillbilly History, Radio Talk
Tagged Hazel Dickens, Hillbilly at Harvard, James King
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