In this segment, we get a good mix of artists from the new Bluegrass group the Highland Travelers, a duet by Alison Krauss and James Taylor, plus some classic New Grass Revival.
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This segment features a variety from the raucous music of Hayseed Dixie to a young and impressive vocalist Emi Sunshine.
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Segment 1 this week includes a song written around an old timey tune. It’s from the Grascals called Clear Corn Liquor with a little Whiskey Before Breakfast mixed in. Christmas music too with Carly Pearce and Winter Wonderland and some vintage New Grass Revival with the original version of Callin Baton Rouge.
This Segment features: Grascals – Clear Corn Liquor, David Grisman – Sawing On The Strings, Carly Pearce – Winter Wonder, New Grass Revival – Callin Baton Rouge, Joe Mullins – Miss Molly, Johnny Staats-Cuzin Barry
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I bet you thought it would never get here. Bluegrass & More with Mike and The Ranger! This week we’ll kick it off with a little something from the Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration. We’ll add in some Crosby, Stills, and Nash covers and more!
Our other featured bluegrass artist include:
(From Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration)- Big Moon, Yonder Mountain String Band – A Father’s Arms, Becky Buller – Southern Flavor, Chris Thile/Michael Daves – Gonna Sleep With One Eye Open, Pickin on Crosby Stills and Nash – Marakesh Express, The Roys – No More Lonely, Steve Spurgin – The Big Payoff, Bryan Sutton – Been All Around the World, Irene Kelly – Garden of Dreams, Hillbenders – Gettysburg, Davidson Brothers – Rather Be Gone, Claire Lynch – Train Long Gone, Daily & Vincent – Tomorrow I’ll Be Gone, Nathan Stanley and the Clinch Mtn Boys- Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone, Gibson Brothers – Ragged Man, Donna Hughes – The Way I Am, Steel Wheels – Breaking Like the Sun, Flatt Lonesome – You’ll Get No More of Me, The Grascals – American Pickers featuring Dierks Bentley, Tim Stafford – Worry’s Like A Rockin Chair, Alison Brown – My Poor Old Heart, Linsday Lou and the Flatbellys – Pass Me the Whiskey, Richard Bennett – Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes, Trampled By Turtles – Sorry, Sleepy Man Banjo Boys – Johnny’s Tune, Rachel Burge – My Cold Heart, The Infamous Stringdusters – Getting Down the Road, Balsam Range – Stacking Up Rocks, Ricky Skaggs – Monroe Dancin
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We know you’ve been waiting all week! No need to wait any longer. It’s Bluegrass time!
This show features:
Darrell Webb Band – Hummingbird, New Town – Trouble and Pain, Special Consensus – Wild Montana Skies, After Jack – Cant Sing a Sad Song, Danny Roberts – F-5 Rag, Detour – Too Blue to Have the Blues, James King – Jasons Farm, I Draw Slow – Low Down Girl Like Me, Harper Family – Troublesome Waters, Justin Moses – Old Federal, Snyder Family – Smoky Mountain Railway, Tim O’Brian – Tombstone Blues, Irene Kelly – A Little Bluer Than That, Steel Drivers – Hear the Willow Cry, The 23 String Band – Sleepy Eyed John, Leftover Salmon – Funky Mountain Fogdown, New Found Road – Handsome Molly, Red Molly – Do I Ever Cross Your Mind, Breakin Grass – Raining in Virginia, Bryan Sutton – That’s Where I Belong , Chubby Wise – Can’t Stop Loving You, Rhonda Vincent – Kentucky Borderline, The Steel Wheels – Kiss Me Like a Strager, Joe Mullins – Steel Guitar rag, Sam Bush – Ridin that Midnight Train, Tony Trishka – Swag Bag Rag, The Expedition Show – Foggy Mtn Special, Tony Rice – Sittin Alone in the Moonlight, Missy Raines and the New Hip –Long Way Back Home, Hammertowne –Why Don’t You Tell Me So, Hillbenders – Clutch
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Welcome back bluegrass lovers! This week we feature The Haunted Windchimes and a local and rising group called Calamity Cubes. We are always looking for new acts and love to hear them. Remember, if you have a band you’d like to submit just go to mikeandtheranger.com and go to resources tab and submit a band or album. Thanks for listening!
Also in this weeks show;
Balsam Range – Moon Over Memphis, Mark Newton/Steve Thomas – Painted Lady, Alison Krauss –But You Know I love You, The Missy Werner Band – If I Fall, Alison Brown – Under the Five Wire, Darrell Webb – The Ferry Man, Dolly Parton – Blue Smoke, Gibson Brothers – Buy A Ring Find A Preacher, The Hillbenders – Past the Point of Rescue, Josh Williams – Cherokee shuffle, Daily and Vincent – Back to Hancock County, Irene Kelly – Rattlesnake Rattler, Jim Gaudet and the Railroad Boys – Walk of Life, Jesse Baker – follow the Leader, John Bowman – God’s Not Dead, Joel Mabus – Billy in the Lowground, Johnny Staats – I Know You Rider, Dale Ann Bradley – Somewhere South of Crazy, Breakin Grass – Raining in Virginia, Driven – The Way, The Haunted Windchimes – Don’t Take My Baby Away, Darren Nicholson – Like My Dog, Steeldrivers – Wearin a Hole, Junior Sisk and Radio Ramblers – Story of the Day That I Died, Calamity Cubes – Never Had It, Stevens Family – City of Gold, Dave Adkins – Pike County Jail, The Steel Wheels – Walk Away, Davidson Brothers – Driving into the Storm, Boxcars – Don’t Fall I Love With A Girl Like That, Blue Highway – Dogtown
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Welcome back for another great week of bluegrass. The weather may be warming up but we are already hot into it. This show we have some off Alan Jackson’s bluegrass album and some of the fast stuff with Split Lip Rayfield. Have a great long weekend and enjoy.
This week’s show also includes.
Becky Buller – Nothin to You, Darren Nicholson – Like My Dog, Blue Moon Rising – Blood on The Ground, Red Molly –With a Memory Like Mine, Tony Rice – Old Train, Detour – 100, I Draw Slow – Mama Don’t Cry, Richard Bennett – The Ballad of Jesse James, Darrell Webb – Humingbird, Bankesters – Cup Song/when I’m gone, Justin Moses – Old Federal, DARRELL WEBB – PRETTY POLY, Kathy Matea – A Far Cry, Boxcars – Hurtin Inside, Lindsay Lou and the Flattbellys – Lemon Squeezy, Scott Vestal – Banjo Shop, Ronnie Bowman- Crazy Train, Underhill Rose – Let Her Go, Sutton Holt & Coleman – Waiting For the Times To Get Better, Rhonda Vincent/Willie Nelson – Only Me, Split Lip Rayfield – Moving to Virginia, Ashley Lewis – River’s a Rising, Davidson Brothers – Find You, Donna Uhlisse – Send Me the Pillow you Dream On, Brad Davis – Tender Years, Hayseed Dixie – Breakin the Law, Jason Davis – Liberty, Alan Jackson – Blue Ridge Mountain Song, The Mashville Brigade – The Blue Ridge Mountains, Tony Rice – Blue Ridge Cabin Home, and Noam Pikelny – Jerusalem Ridge
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It’s that time again! Bluegrass with Mike and The Ranger. On this weeks show, we here from some of the greats like Ricky Skaggs and Vince Gill. We’ll play you a pretty new cover band called Picking on Mumford and Sons. Sit back and enjoy and thanks for listening to bluegrass radio!
Blue Highway – The Game, Jeff Brown – Lonesome Fugitive, Pickin on Mumford and Sons – Lion Man, Ron Block – Walking Song, SteelDrivers – When I’m Gone, American Drive – For the Dear Old Flag I Die, Jessica Stiles – Sissy Beth and Captain Tom, Lowell Levinger – If You Got to make a Fool of Somebody, Larry Sparks/Vince Gill – Blues Stay Away From Me, The Tuttles with Al Lee – Cotton Eyed Joe, Bryan Sutton – Swannanoa Tunnel, Doc Watson – Greenvlle Trestle High, Dan Crary – Sail Away Ladies/Sally Ann, Tony Rice/Norman Blake – Lay Down My Old Guitar, Bryan Sutton – Watson’s Blues, Constant Change – Rambler, Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers – The Last Parade, The Duhks – Beyond the Blue, Kruger Brothers, Steve Martin/Edie Brickell/Steep Canyon Rangers – Suns Gonna Shine, Onion Creek Crawdaddies – Dusty Bibles Lead To Dirty Lives, Milan Miller – More Trouble Than It’s Worth, Sam Bush – Roll On Buddy, Sleepy Man Banjo Boys – Run, Cherryholmes – Smudge of A Tatoo, Driven – 49 Gold, Irene Kelly –Sisters Heart, Steel Wheels – Go Up to That Mountain, Breakin Grass – Raining in Virginia, Aaron Ramsey – The Souls of Pioneers
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Happy Mothers Day! If one thing is true as the sun rising it’s that mothers love their bluegrass. Fire up the grill, sit momma in a chair, and listen to that sweet banjo sound with Mike and The Ranger.
You’ll hear Rhonda Vincent, Detour, Dolly Parton and more in this weeks show. Be sure to check out some of our past shows here.
Also Featureing;
Old Crow Medicine Show – Wagon Wheel, Bankesters – Guardian Angel, Audie Blaylock and Redline – Cry Cry Darlin, Steeldrivers – Hell on Wheels, Bryan Sutton – That’s Where I Belong, Chris Stapleton – Tennessee Whiskey, Railroad Earth – Give the Boy a Hand, Rhonda Vincent – Busy City, Mountain Heart – Just Get Up and Go, Ashley Lewis – River’s Rising, Michael Martin Murphey – Lost River, Cornmeal – River Gap, Jason Davis – Where the Wild River Roll, Jim Lauderdale – I Won’t Let it Show, Del McCourey – Blues Rolling In, Sierra Hull – Best Buy, Jeff Scroggins and Colorado – Redwood Hills, Crooked Still – The Golden Vanity, Doyle Lawson –Shady Grove, Alan Jackson – Blacktop, Dolly Parton – Banks of the Ohio, Jeff Brown – Weary Pilgrim Welcome Home, I Draw Slow – Goldmine, Steve Gulley/Tim Stafford – When Did That Turn Into My Problem, Constant Change – Mountain Man, Detour Bluegrass – Going Nowhere Fast, Byrd Street – I’m Gonna Swim, Stevens Family – Down on the Farm, and Blue Highway – Cold Frosty Morn.
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Welcome back for another two hours of bluegrass with Mike and The Ranger! This week we play a few from Bryan Sutton and his new album “Into My Own”. We also find it hard to go a whole week without hearing Yonder Mountain String Band and at least one from the Steel Wheels.
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