Back Porch Bluegrass Show

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Back Porch Bluegrass Show episodes

November 01, 2022 Back Porch Bluegrass - 01-11-2022
I’ve dug deep into my shelves for some choice selections for this show. We kick off with the late Aaron ‘Frosty’ Foster from ETSU, some Aussie bluegrass from Karen Lynne, songs from Pete Denahy, David Parmley & Continental Divide, Larry Sparks, Kyle Tuttle, the Osborne Brothers, and some new recordings from Donna & Roni Stoneman with Jeremy Stephens & Corrina Rose Logston. You’re sure to like something here!
59 min
October 25, 2022 Back Porch Bluegrass - 25-10-2022
The Bluegrass Album Band kick off the show with a couple of classic bluegrass songs; Californian band Sidesaddle are in here, along with Missy Raines, Caroline Jones, Merle Haggard, and we feature Travers Chandler and his band Avery County – great ‘industrial strength’ bluegrass. Bill Monroe, Dean Perrett and the HCBB all get a song in here too. Great line-up, excellent listening.
59 min
October 18, 2022 Back Porch Bluegrass - 18-10-2022
Friends from northern California, Kathy Barwick and Pete Siegfried, feature on this episode, along with Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers, the John Hartford String Band, Ralph Stanley, the Travelling McCoury’s and the ‘Wow Baby! Fiddler, Hunter Berry. Not to be missed.
59 min
October 11, 2022 Back Porch Bluegrass - 11-10-2022
Classic bluegrass from David Grisman, Ricky Skaggs, some great picking from Billy Hurt, Leroy Mack, and contemporary bluegrass from Doyle Lawson, Michelle Nixon, Blue Highway and Dale Ann Bradley, and some local bluegrass from the Hamilton County Bluegrass Band. What’s not to like?
59 min
October 04, 2022 Back Porch Bluegrass - 04-10-2022
Selections from my vinyl LP collection, as well as from my shelves of CD’s. Jim & Jesse, Leon Morris, Jerusalem Ridge, early Mike Auldridge, the great band Country Gazette from the early 1970’s, as well as some more recently recorded Grasstowne and Mickey Galyean.
59 min
September 27, 2022 Back Porch Bluegrass - 27-09-2022
Some artists we haven’t heard from on Back Porch Bluegrass recently, and some favourites. Join me in listening to Rhonda Vincent, Bill Clifton, David Grier, the Waller Brothers from California, and the very energetic Earls of Leicester. There’s some nice music here from NZ’s own Pam Findlay, as well as Claire Lynch and the award-winning Sister Sadie. Top music!
59 min
September 20, 2022 Back Porch Bluegrass - 20-09-2022
I’ve dug into my ‘compilation’ albums to come up with songs from several artists that don’t usually feature on the show. Performers like Charlie Sizemore, Tom Ewing, Gillian Welch, Bill Harrell, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, along with some regulars like the Nashville Bluegrass Band, Ricky Skaggs and Kenny Baker.
59 min
September 13, 2022 Back Porch Bluegrass - 13-09-2022
Bluegrass Album Band playing some ‘classic’ bluegrass, Thomas Porter, Dolly Parton, Mike Scott, Tony Ellis, Lynn Morris – real variety here. Gospel from Doyle Lawson, and some top tracks from NZ’s own Hamilton County Bluegrass Band.
59 min
September 06, 2022 Back Porch Bluegrass - 06-09-2022
Some seriously ‘Industrial Strength’ bluegrass in this show; from Mo Pitney, LeeAnn Womack, Walter Hensley, Dave Evans, Larry Sparks and Joe Mullins, to the West Coast of the USA with Kathy Barwick, Sawmill Road and the Sonoran Dogs. I’ve also included some ‘early’ Gena Britt, and a song from bluegrass great Curly Seckler.
59 min
August 30, 2022 Back Porch Bluegrass - 30-08-2022
The singer-songwriters have always played a big part in shaping bluegrass music. This show looks at just some of the bands whose members have written the songs and tunes that they play.
59 min

About Back Porch Bluegrass Show

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Host Paul Trenwith is a founder member of the Hamilton County Bluegrass Band, playing banjo and occasionally singing harmony parts. From the mid-70's to the mid-90's, Paul and his fiddle-playing wife Colleen played as mostly gospel music, bluegrass-style, with a group of friends, and often featuring songs that Paul had written. He has become something of a musical 'jack-of-all-trades', playing banjo, dobro, pedal steel and rhythm guitar. He also plays double bass in the Hamilton-based Irish band.