Bluegrass Breakdown Playlist – “Dollars & Cents, Part 2″

Our walk on the wild financial side of BluegrassLand continues as we turn our attention from coins to the almighty dollar. From top dollars to bottom dollars, David Parmley, the Dappled Grays, the Lonesome River Band and Charlie Sizemore will have the subject covered.

Bluegrass Breakdown Playlist – “Dollars And Cents, Part 1″

We’ll be embarking on the first of an ambitious two part excursion into the many peculiarities and vagaries of the high lonesome monetary system which has left financial experts scratching their heads and hollering for more Xanax. Lynn Morris, Lost Highway, David Davis, Chris Stuart, The Freight Hoppers and Ricky Skaggs will giving us the scoop on coinage—this penny pinching, nickel plugged, dime dropping, no quarter given or asked edition of The Breakdown.

Bluegrass Breakdown Playlist – “Blue Highway Live”

They’ve been together, virtually intact, for a remarkable 15 year run that has garnered them numerous awards, accolades, standing ovations as well as the respect and admiration of everyone connected to the genre. Blue Highway—Shawn Lane on the fiddle and mandolin; Wayne Taylor on the bass; Tim Stafford on the guitar; Rob Ickes on the dobro and Jason Burleson on the banjo—will be picking and singing live, celebrating the release of their latest, Some Day—15th Anniversary Collection.

Bluegrass Breakdown Playlist – “Chains”

Their harmonies are lush and rich; their delivery is full of passion and the truth; they evoke memories of the great brother acts of the 50’s; and they sweep audiences off their feet wherever they showcase their prodigious musical wares. Darin & Brooke Aldridge will be demonstrating just how tight close harmonies can be in a special live appearance. We’ll also be checking out what’s new in the bins as we sample tunes from Audie Blaylock and Redline, the Kruger Brothers, Nu-Blu, Wildfire and Cadillac Sky.

Bluegrass Breakdown Playlist – “Chains”

They bind, confine, confound, confuse and imprison. They come in all shapes and sizes and appear in both the physical and metaphysical dimensions. And everyone in BluegrassLand is saddled with at least one or more. With the able assistance of Front Range, the Kruger Brothers, Darin Aldridge, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice and Tim O’Brien, we’ll be looking at broken chains, family chains, gold watches and chains, chains of memories, chains and darkness and chains of fools.

Bluegrass Breakdown Playlist – “Lovell Sisters Live”

They’ve officially disbanded, but the memory of their sweet, soaring harmonies and hard-impacting songs will live forever. Those genre-crossing, soul stirring, always enchanting girls from Calhoun, GA, Jessica, Megan and Rebecca, the fabulous Lovell Sisters, will be our special live guests. We’ll also be traipsing down to the new Bluegrass CD bins with the expectation of snagging new tunes from Darren Beachley & Legends of the Potomac, the Farewell Drifters and Sweet Potato Pie.

Bluegrass Breakdown Playlist – “Kati Penn & Newtown Live”

She’s one of the genre’s fastest rising stars, a fiery fiddler who has a knack for finding hard-hitting songs which she sings like the proverbial angel. From Lexington, KY, Kati Penn & Newtown will be front and center doing the live thing. We’ll also be featuring new tunes from the bins from high lonesome stalwarts such as Donna Ulisse, The Grascals, The Infamous Stringdusters, Summertown Road and Black Prairie.

Bluegrass Breakdown Playlist – “Hollows”

They’re some of BluegrassLand’s most beautiful … and feared areas. They’re shrouded in secrecy, often fraught with danger, but curiously, are some of the most joyous and idyllic places in the land that Bill Monroe begat … and time forgot. They’re small valleys between hills known as hollows, or in Appalachian parlance, hollers. We’ll be headin’ up Dark, Sycamore, Simpson’s , Donnaly’s, Toby’s, Moonshine, Sleepy, Slocum’s and Dead Man’s Hollows.

Bluegrass Breakdown Playlist – “Past Grass—Larry Sparks/King Wilkie/Cadillac Sky Live”

We’ll be featuring live segments from the Breakdown’s vaults. Larry Sparks will lend some insight into his landmark Rebel CD, 40, which celebrates his 4 decades in the Bluegrass biz; King Wilkie will be ganging around the microphones presenting their hard-driving, high, blue and lonesome wares; and Cadillac Sky will follow with their patented brand of new grass with songs about trains, drinking and … “cash crops.”

Bluegrass Breakdown Playlist – “Barry Scott & Second Wind”

He honed his craft playing bass and singing soaring vocals with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver for almost 10 years. He now is at the helm of his own powerful, dynamic and trend-setting band. He writes uplifting songs and sings them with authority and panache. The ex-heartthrob of Bluegrass, Barry Scott and Second Wind, will be picking and singing ‘em live.