Starting this evening at 5:00 p.m., and running through the end of the game on Sunday night, Sirius Bluegrass will celebrate Super Bowl weekend with a bluegrass Pick Off.

On-air hosts Chris Jones, Ned Luberecki and Joey Black have compiled the best bluegrass instrumental music from their massive collection to feature all weekend - the perfect background for your pregame get-togethers?

Or as Ned might put it… listen to the Pick Off while awaiting the kick off.

Sirius Bluegrass can be found on Channel 65 on your Sirius Satellite receiver, or subscribers can listen online. They have a free, 3 day trial for their internet radio service should you want to get a taste of the Sirius experience.

Count Down Yonder is the name of the newest show to debut on Sirius Bluegrass, channel 65 on the Sirius Satellite Radio network.

Each Friday at 3:00 p.m. they will announce and spin the top 17 songs as determined by listener requests. Host Chris Jones tells us that there isn’t any special significance to the number 17 - it just worked out well to fit that many songs into a one hour program.

The #1 song from last week - the first week of the countdown - was Alison’s Band by The Charlie Sizemore Band. You can add your own requests by calling the Sirius Request Line (877-33-SIRIUS), or by email.

Count Down Yonder is rebroadcast on Saturdays at 9:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m. (all times EST).

What better way for a bluegrass fan to celebrate Father’s Day than with the music of the Father of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe?

That’s exactly what the folks at Sirius Satellite radio’s bluegrass channel (65) think. They will feature wall-to-wall Monroe music from Saturday (6/16) at 9:00 a.m. until Sunday (6/17) at 9:00 p.m. Both his own recordings, and other artists’ interpretations of the music of Bill Monroe will be included, along with background and commentary from the channels hosts, Chris Jones and Ned Luberecki.

As they say on their site:

No Bill, No Bluegrass. Know Bill, Know Bluegrass!

Episode #21 of The GrassCast features an interview with Chris Jones. Chris is a bluegrass guitar player, singer, songwriter, and radio DJ. This interview was recorded live at IBMA in Oct ‘05.

This GrassCast is 7 minutes in length and the file download size is 6.4 MB.

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