September 2026 Old Grass
This was my last OGGG broadcast from the "old" KGNU studio at 4700 Walnut Street in Boulder. (KGNU completes the move into its new home in downtown Boulder later this month.) Today was the KGNU moving sale, which brought many community members out to shop for old audio/radio gear, vinyl, CDs, and other KGNU memorabilia.
Playlist
| Track | Artist | |
|---|---|---|
| “Brown County Breakdown”The Grass Is Greener | Richard Greene | |
| “Dog House Blues”The Essential Bill Monroe | Bill Monroe And His Bluegrass Boys | |
| “I'll Be on That Good Road Some Day”The Versatile Flatt & Scruggs: Pickin', Strummin' and Singin' | Flatt & Scruggs | |
| “Drop the Bone (feat. Ronnie McCoury, Robbie McCoury, Alan Bartram & Mike Cleveland)”The Old School (Bonus Version) | Peter Rowan | |
| “Bound to Ride”Bound to Ride - Single | Dolly Parton & The First Ladies of Bluegrass | |
RIP Dolly. Hopefully this is the first of many posthumous Dolly bluegrass releases. | ||
| “Wish I Could Say”Cover to Cover | AJ Lee & Blue Summit | |
| “Better Times A-Coming”Y'all Come! | Jim & Jesse & The Virginia Boys | |
| “The Cuckoo”The Fiddle and the Drum | Renée Fleming, Béla Fleck & Jerry Douglas | |
| “Big Daddy Rabbit (feat. Nathan Livers)”Big Daddy Rabbit (feat. Nathan Livers) - Single | Michael Cleveland | |
| “It Won't Be Over You”Gravity's Our Enemy | Cadillac Sky | |
AJ Lee's new covers record includes one by the under-represented progressive bluegrass outfit Cadillac Sky – in the same month as C-Sky announced that the original quartet was reuniting for a few shows later this year. | ||
| “Red River Valley (feat. Molly Tuttle & Bronwyn Keith-Hynes)”Earl Jam 2 | Tony Trischka | |
| “If You Quit”North Fork Crossing | North Fork Crossing | |
| “Last Call”These Are The Days That Turn In To Years | Pharis & Jason Romero | |
| “Wear a Red Rose”The Country Gentlemen Sing And Play Folk Songs And Bluegrass | Country Gentlemen | |
Dutch guitarist/songwriter/singer Bertolf's latest album is one of my favorites of 2026. Every one of the first 4 pre-release singles was distinct enough to require repeated listens. So much so that I feared the full album would be dominated by those 4 tracks - but fear not, there's lots more to love on this sprawling 14-track progressive gem. | ||
| “That Ain't Me No More”Bluefinger, Vol. 2 | Bertolf | |
| “When God Dips His Love in My Heart”Rose of the West Coast Country | Rose Maddox | |
| “Like A River (feat. Courtney Hartman, AJ Lee, Gena Britt, Hasee Ciaccio, Wila Frank & Bronwyn)”Bluegrass Women | Lindsay Lou | |
| “Green Pasture In The Sky”The Rock I Stand On | Larry Sparks | |
| “Take Me Back to Tulsa”Pioneering Women Of Bluegrass | Alice Gerrard & Hazel Dickens | |
| “Stitch Up My Heart”When The Kettle Sings | The Fretliners | |
| “Alaska”Pet | Big Richard | |
| “Homebound Troubadour”Appalachian Smoke | Mountain Grass Unit | |
| “Galveston Flood”Tony Rice Plays & Sings Bluegrass | Tony Rice | |
| “Nobody's Love Is Like Mine”The Complete Mercury Recordings | The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys | |
| “Karma's Got Your Number”20/20 | The Infamous Stringdusters | |
| “Fifty Years of Clown School”Fifty Years of Clown School | Matt Combs | |
| “Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow”Classic Country Favorites | Wilma Lee Cooper | |
| “Roll Muddy River”The Blue Canyon Boys | The Blue Canyon Boys | |
| “Morning Bugle”Friends of Fall | Crooked Still | |
| “Golden Rocket”We Like Jim & Jesse! | Michael Daves & Jacob Jolliff | |
| “Fourteen Pole Cat Skins On a Chevy Camaro”Walls We Bounce Off Of | John Hartford | |
| “Amabel Lee (feat. Michael Cleveland, Dominick Leslie & Andrew Vogt)”Amabel Lee (feat. Michael Cleveland, Dominick Leslie & Andrew Vogt) - Single | Brendan Forrest | |
Reeltime Travelers remain one of the most requested bands on OGGG. So Brad Kolodner's cover of their classic "Little Bird of Heaven" provided a welcome opportunity to grant one of those queued requests. | ||
| “Little Bird of Heaven”Hand's Cove | Ken & Brad Kolodner | |
| “Kiss Me Quick Papas Coming”Livin' Reeltime, Thinkin' Old-Time | Reeltime Travelers | |
| “Redbird”All God's Children | East Nash Grass | |
| “Forever Has Come to an End (feat. Michael Cleveland)”Forever Has Come to an End (feat. Michael Cleveland) - Single | The Slocan Ramblers | |
| “I Like Train Songs”So Much For Goodbyes | Billy Strings | |
| “Build It Up”Reunion | Mama's Broke | |
| “Six More Miles”Bluegrass State Of Mind | Danny Paisley & Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass | |
| “Sticks and Stones”Rattlin' Bones | Bronwyn | |
| “The Bluegrass Country”Del and the Boys | The Del McCoury Band | |
| “Crossing Muddy Waters (Denver)”Sing Me Alive | I'm With Her | |
| “Funky Chicken”Double Trouble | Byron Berline & John Hickman | |
| “I Can Hear Kentucky Calling Me”Dreams for Sale | Theo & Brenna | |
Several people asked about this Gina Furtado Project track. She's been trickling out finn singles like this for the past few years. | ||
| “It Won't Be Me”It Won't Be Me - Single | The Gina Furtado Project | |
| “Briarpicker Brown”Old Time 100, Vol. 3 | George Jackson & Tristan Scroggins | |