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Recent Posts
- Whaddaya Know? We’ve Been Pre-empted!
- In Virginia for Thanksgiving
- Lincoln and ‘Acoustic Pals’ Live in 1992!
- The Poodles, Live in 1986!
- Back on Track with The Lynn Morris Band on October 31st, 1992
- Hear New IBMA Hall of Famer Lynn Morris on Hallowe’en 1992
- Now for Something Different—The Tarbox Ramblers!
- Let’s Stay in 1990. . .
- Summertime Guests Peter Keane, Barry & Holly Tashian, in 1990
- A Double Treat of Live Music, with Dave Foley and Mike Ireland in 1999
- Back to 1986, with Bay State Bluegrass
- Jenny Brook Lives!
- No Joe Val Festival This February
- When the World Stopped Turning
- The Freight Hoppers, Live in 1998!
Top Posts & Pages
- "Beautiful Star of Bethlehem"
- "Beautiful Star of Bethlehem": The Composer's Grandson Writes
- Whaddaya Know? We've Been Pre-empted!
- Photos from the Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival
- No Joe Val Festival This February
- "O Beautiful Star of Bethlehem" (Now Available!)
- The 2018 Joe Val Festival
- Willie, John T, and Me
Home Base
- WHRB 95.3FM – Live Internet Stream for HAH HAH’s Home for Lo These Many Decades
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Tag Archives: WHRB
Whaddaya Know? We’ve Been Pre-empted!
Just received the WHRB Program Guide in the mailbox. So I opened it up to tomorrow’s date, and what do I see from 7 AM to 12 Noon but ‘The Avett Brothers Orgy’. Surprise! Then a little later I receive … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Hillbilly Journal, Program Notes, Radio Talk
Tagged Avett Brothers, George Jones, Hillbilly at Harvard, WHRB
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Let’s Stay in 1990. . .
ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD I hate starting a paragraph with “As I . . .” but, as I mentioned in the introductory announcement to tomorrow’s HAH Archive, After just archiving half of a show from 1990 with two live … Continue reading
Back to 1986, with Bay State Bluegrass
ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD It was November 8th, 1986, back in the WHRB studios under Sanders Theater in Memorial Hall, and I was having trouble with Left Turntable during The Down Home Show. One channel was not broadcasting. This … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Archival Productions, Bluegrass, Country History, Hillbilly Journal, Program Notes, Radio Talk
Tagged Dave Haney, Ed Muller, Hillbilly at Harvard, IBMA, Jim Roillins, Jimmy Martin, Joe Val, Lisa Baldwin, Randy Travis, Stan Zdonik, Steve Abby, The Boston Bluegrass Union, The Down Home Show, The New England Bluegrass Boys, WDLW, WHRB
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It’s Independence Day Weekend, and OId Sinc’s on Vacation
ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD I went looking in the boxes of reel-to-reel tapes for a July 4th show. The closest I found was one from Saturday, July 5th, 1986. Old Sinc and Miss Helen were on vacation in Florida … Continue reading
Put More Water in the Soup
Bad news for late risers (and Western Time Zoners): Hillbilly at Harvard is cutting back to three hours, from 9 AM to 12 noon, starting this Saturday (January 30th). And as well, Harvard is still restricting outsiders (non-students, non-employees) from … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Hillbilly Journal, Radio Talk
Tagged DAT machine, Hillbilly at Harvard, Jimmy Martin, WHRB
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David Elliott—We Lost a Friend and Colleague
Last Friday brought this news from Jon Lehrich, Chairman of WHRB’s Board of Trustees: Friends: I am writing to share the sad news that David Elliott passed away last night, after a long battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). David … Continue reading
Posted in Friends and Neighbors, Hillbilly History, Hillbilly Journal, Radio Talk
Tagged ALS, Bob Wills, David Elliott, Fillbillies, Gerry Katz, Hillbilly at Harvard, John Lincoln Wright, Jon Lehrich, Larry Flint, Northeastern Records, Rossini, Spike Jones, Stringhan Walters, Tony Lauck, WHRB, WHRB History, William Tell Overture
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Willie, John T, and Me
In which Willie sits around in his underwear, his friend John T sells sheets to the KLan, and I get suspended. Back on September 26th, a listener to one of our prerecorded shows (I’ll call him ‘Mr S’), wrote to … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Country History, Hillbilly Journal, Program Notes, Radio Talk, Songwriting
Tagged Harvard University, Helotes TX, Hillary Clinton, Hillbilly at Harvard, John Spong, John T. Floores, Ku Klux Klan, Sen. Robert Byrd, Shotgun Willie, The Texas Monthly, WHRB, Willie Nelson
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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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WHRB and HAH Are Still on the Air
Back in early March, when the Presidential Task Force, reacting to the COVID-19 outbreak, issued CDC guidelines recommending no gatherings and staying at home (when possible), Harvard like other major colleges across the nation, sent the students home. Whether … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Hillbilly Journal, Program Notes, Radio Talk
Tagged Allison Pao, Emily Spector, WHRB
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Hillbilly at Harvard 