Carol Beaugard welcomes The Freight Hoppers as her guest today on Lonesome Pine RFD. This exciting old time group is back together after disbanding in 2002 and will perform live on Carol’s show from 11:00 a.m. until noon today (4/18).

Original members Frank Lee (banjo) and David Bass (fiddle) have recruited Thomas Bailey (guitar) and Isaac Deal (bass) for the new iteration of the band, and they are working now on a new CD release for Rounder.

The show is broadcast from 9:00 a.m. to noon on 89.1 FM in the NYC area, and streamed live online at WFDU.fm. It will also be recorded for a later broadcast on WAMU’s Bluegrass Country.

Carol Beaugard has two interesting guests lined up for this morning’s (3/28) edition of Lonesome Rine RFD on WFDU-FM. Bluegrass Now publisher Wayne Bledsoe and jazz/bluegrass sax man Bill Evans are both scheduled for a visit.

Brance posted last week with the news that Bluegrass Now would cease print publication of the magazine after after the upcoming May issue, and Wayne will talk with Carol about their plans to continue publishing the magazine online. He’ll be on at 11:15 (EDT).

First up at 10:15 will be Bill Evans, whose Soulgrass project has been making waves in both the bluegrass and jazz music worlds. A number of bluegrass and acoustic artists have dabbled with jazzy hybrids, but Evans is the first to seriously combine bluegrass rhythms and instruments with a jazz ensemble. His recordings have featured the work of Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, Stuart Duncan and Jerry Douglas and he currently has banjoist Ryan Cavanaugh in his touring band, which occasionally features Sam Bush as well.

The show is broadcast from 9:00 a.m. to noon on 89.1 FM in the NYC area, and streamed live online at WFDU.fm.

David Davis and The Warrior River Boys will be the guests today (3/14) on WFDU-FM’s Lonesome Pine RFD.

They will bring their traditional, Monroe-inflected bluegrass to the studio for a live performance and discussion with show host Carol Beaugard from 11:00 a.m. until noon (EDT).

WFDU broadcasts at 89.1 FM in the New York City metro market, and online via live streaming.

Back in November ‘07 our own John Lawless was interviewed on WFDU FM, which broadcasts in the New York City metro market. He was the guest of Carol Beaugard, host of WFDU’s Lonesome Pine RFD.

Carol also has an edition show that is carried by WAMU HD and Bluegrasscountry.org. She will be re-running her interview with John this week so if anyone missed it the first time, be sure to tune in.

John and Carol talked about his work with The Bluegrass Blog and AcuTab Publications, plus Acoustic Endeavors, with whom he plays banjo.

Catch John on Lonesome Pine RFD on Bluegrasscountry.org Tuesday morning (3/11) at 1:00 a.m. and again on Wednesday (3/13) at 10:00 p.m. (EDT)

This morning (2/29) on Lonesome Pine RFD, Cherryholmes will join Carol Beaugard from 11:00 a.m. until noon for some live music and discussion. The show is broadcast on WFDU at 89.1 FM in the New York City metro market, and online via live streaming.

The Cherryholmes segment will also be recorded for a later broadcast on the Open Mic show on WAMU-HD in the DC market and BluegrassCountry.org.

Tony Trischka will be the featured guest on tomorrow’s (2/15) edition of Lonesome Pine RFD on WFDU-FM, broadcast in the New York City metro area.

He will join host Carol Beaugard for a discussion about his upcoming CD release, Territory, and perform tunes live in the studio. Carol also plans to ask Tony about the success he enjoyed in 2007 with his Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular which involved Tony performing banjo duets with some of the most celebrated five stringers on earth.

Banjo players and bluegrass history buffs should be especially interested in this interview as Carol and Tony will place a phone call to Judy Thompson to talk about her late husband, banjo legend Bobby Thompson. She will discuss Bobby’s career with Tony and share details about the two posthumously released CDs of his music which Judy has produced.

The show is broadcast live on 89.1 FM in the NYC area, and streamed live online at WFDU.fm. The Trischka interview segment begins at 10:00 a.m. (EST).

Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper will perform live on the air later this morning (12/7) from the studios of WFDU FM 89.1 in New Jersey.

The band will join hosts Carol Beaugard and Steve Lutke on Lonesome Pine RFD from 11:00 a.m. until noon (EST). WFDU’s broadcast signal covers the New York City metro area, and is also available live via audio streaming at www.wfdu.fm.

Carol tells us that this live studio performance with Flamekeeper will also be replayed next week during the Open Mic program on BluegrassCountry.org. The show broadcasts on their 24/7 cyber signal on Mondays at 5:00 a.m., Thursdays at 3:00 a.m., Fridays at 6:00 p.m. and Saturdays at 6:00 a.m. (all times ET).

Tomorrow (11/9) banjo builder Tom Nechville will join Carol Beaugard for an interview on WFDU, broadcast in the New York City metro area at 89.1 FM.

Tom will surely discuss his work at Nechville Musical Products, where he has been in the forefront of pushing the boundaries of accepted methods of banjo construction. His solid body electric banjo, The Meteor, has been embraced by prominent progressive banjoist like Bela Fleck, and his Heli-Mount pot assembly design is a radical departure from the head-tensioning systems long employed in the banjo world.

Tom’s interview on WFDU will air at 11:15 a.m. (EST) on Friday, November 9. Folks outside the reach of the station’s broadcast range can listen live online at WFDU.fm.

Carol tells us that she also be interviewing Dolores Edgin on Friday’s show at 10:00 a.m. She was a former cast member on Hee Haw who sang backup on most of Porter Wagoner’s recordings. Dolores will share her memories of the country singer who passed away on October 28 between 10:00 and 11:00 with Carol.

Tomorrow morning from 10-11 AM EST you can hear Tony Trischka live on WFDU-FM. Tony will join hosts Carol Beaugard and Steve Lutke on their show Lonesome Pine RFD.

Tony will be performing live in the studio, discussing his three IBMA nominations, cunducting a three minute mini-music lesson, and talking about his personal favorite recordings.

Listeners in the New York City metro area can tune in on their radio dials at 89.1 FM. For the rest of us, the show will be streamed live from the station’s website at wfdu.fm.