Mountain Heart will make a stop this morning (5/15) at the studios of WAMU’s Bluegrass Country in Washington, DC on their way up to the Gettysburg festival.
They will join Bob Webster at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) for some live music and chat which you can catch online.
WAMU’s broadcast signal can be heard over the air at 88.5 HD2 or 105.5 FM, and online at www.bluegrasscountry.org.
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The Infamous Stringdusters will make a stop this Tuesday (5/19) at the studios of WAMU's Bluegrass Country in Washington, DC.
The guys will be playing some live music and chatting with Bluegrass Country's Production Director Jen Hitt starting at 12:30 p.m. (EDT).
WAMU's broadcast signal can be...
I'll add to the discussion with the note that Stained Glass Bluegrass has been on WAMU 88.5 in Washington, DC since 1974. Although the hours have shifted somewhat during this period, it has been aired continuously by originator Gary Henderson and the late Red Shipley who hosted for the last 25 years...
Starting today, September 17, the folks at WAMU FM in Washington, DC will broadcast their 24/7 online bluegrass audio channel as an HD FM radio signal as well. DC area listeners with HD Radio receivers can find the new channel at 88.5-2.
Folks without access to HD radio will notice that many of their...
Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper will be featured on this morning's (9/24) edition of Katy Daley's show on WAMU's Bluegrass Country.
The guys stopped by the WAMU studios in Washington DC on their way to perform at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival this past Thursday. Katy says they recorded an hour's...
Good morning from Nashville.
Brance and I just had a chance to be a part of radio history. Katy Daley, whose morning bluegrass show is broadcast each morning on both BluegrassCountry.org and WAMU HD-2, is here at IBMA doing the show live from Music City. She invited us down to speak with her on air,...
We just got word from the folks at WAMU/BluegrassCountry.org that one of their wayward show hosts has returned to the roost. Bill Foster, who was a host on the popular Bluegrass Overnight show broadcast in the DC area from 1985 to 1998, is back on staff.
He will once again be a host on Bluegrass Overnight,...
The Gibson Brothers stopped in at the studios of WAMU's Bluegrass Country on Monday morning (6/2) and recorded an hour's worth of music for broadcast on BluegrassCountry.org. On-air host Katy Daley tells us that the guys were crowded into their cozy studio space for the session, and she had the front...
B?©la Fleck will be an in-studio guest today (4/9) on the Kojo Nnamdi Show (WAMU FM).
He will talk about the African roots of today's modern five string banjo, his journey of discovery to west Africa in 2005, and Throw Down Your Heart, the film and audio CD that captured his African musical collaborations.
The...
Our friend Katy Daley sent along this report from this past weekend's Open House event for WAMU's Bluegrass Country in Washington, DC.
On Sunday, June 22, the station offered live music and hosted listeners for station tours at WAMU, and Katy passed along this run down of the day's event.
WAMU's...
Missy Raines is in DC with her young touring band, the New Hip. They have a show this evening (3/9) in nearby Rockville, MD for the Institute of Musical Traditions, but will stop off this morning at the WAMU studios for some live music and conversation.
She will be on with Lee Michael Demsey's during...
WAMU's Bluegrass Country has posted a video from Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper's recent visit to their Washington studio. The guys run through a number of songs live in the studio, and chat with Bluegrass Country host Katy Daley.
If you've not heard the band since Tom Adams joined up, here's...
WAMU's Bluegrass Country and Bluegrass Unlimited magazine have joined forces to bring a new monthly radio program to the air, starting this weekend.
Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 Countdown will be broadcast on the last Saturday of each month from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (eastern), hosted by Lee Michael...
This afternoon, I had a lovely chat with Lynn Morris and Marshall Wilborn. Longtime bluegrass fans are well familiar with Lynn’s many years as a performer, bandleader and friend to our music, and we all felt a great loss when she suffered a stroke in Match of 2003, keeping her off the road and out [...]
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