Bluegrass/Americana archive
Listen Earl Scruggs: The 2003 Fresh Air Interview
March 30, 2012 – Fresh Air remembers the bluegrass legend with excerpts from an interview.
Listen The Charlie Sizemore Band On Mountain Stage
March 16, 2012 – Listen to one of the best voices in bluegrass perform live on Mountain Stage.
Listen Greensky Bluegrass On Mountain Stage
March 14, 2012 – Greensky Bluegrass plays songs from their forthcoming album, Handguns.
Watch Jimmie Dale Gilmore And The Wronglers On Mountain Stage
March 7, 2012 – Listen to this lovely bluegrass band play the old standards.
Listen Yo-Yo Ma's Bluegrass-Inspired 'Goat Rodeo'
November 21, 2011 – The cellist's latest Americana exploration features Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer and Stuart Duncan.
Listen The Devil Makes Three On 'World Cafe: Next' WXPN
October 17, 2011 – A new live album finds the trio cranking out rollicking American roots music and bluegrass. WXPN
Listen Woody Guthrie's 'Note Of Hope' From Beyond The Grave
October 3, 2011 – Note of Hope: A Celebration of Woody Guthrie features 13 artists working with Guthrie's lyrics.
Listen T-Bone Burnett On 10 Years Of 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?'
August 23, 2011 – The super-producer plays cuts from a new deluxe edition of the massively successful film soundtrack.
Listen Alison Krauss And Union Station On World Cafe WXPN
August 9, 2011 – Hear the bluegrass icon and her band perform live in the WXPN studio. WXPN
Listen Newport Folk 2011: Chris Thile & Michael Daves, Live In Concert FolkAlley
July 31, 2011 – Hear the duo play some blazingly intense bluegrass in a concert from the Newport Folk Festival. FolkAlley
Listen Newport Folk 2011: Trampled By Turtles, Live In Concert
July 31, 2011 – Hear the band's blazing punk pace and impeccable dexterity of bluegrass in a concert from Newport.
Listen Newport Folk 2011: Carolina Chocolate Drops, Live In Concert
July 31, 2011 – Hear the Grammy-winning African-American string band perform live from Newport.
Listen Newport Folk 2011: The Wailin' Jennys, Live In Concert
July 31, 2011 – Hear why these three Canadian women are more just impeccable bluegrass harmonizers in a concert.
Listen The SteelDrivers On Mountain Stage
July 25, 2011 – The five-piece bluegrass band plays a rollicking set for Mountain Stage.
Listen Doc Watson On Mountain Stage
July 18, 2011 – The legendary bluegrass singer and picker visits West Virginia's most revered stage.