Bluegrass Breakdown: Highlights of 2021, Part Two

We’ll be bidding 2021 a fond farewell by homing in on IBMA award winners (SPBGMA’s award ceremonies were cancelled), new Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees, and chart-busting songs as well as honoring those who crossed over Jordan.

PROGRAM PLAYLIST

• Billy Strings: “Secrets” from Renewal(Rounder)
• The Del McCoury Band: “Blues Rollin’ In” from The Streets of Baltimore(McCoury Music)
• Sister Sadie: “No Smoky Mountains” from II(Pinecastle)
• Appalachian Road Show: “Wish the Wars Were All Over” / “The Appalachian Road” from Tribulation(Billy Blue)
• Alison Krauss: “When You Say Nothing At All” from Keith Whitley – A Tribute Album(BNA)
• The Stonemans: “Tupelo County Jail” from Those Singin’ Swingin’ Stompin’ Sensational Stonemans(MGM)
• Lynn Morris: “Mama’s Hand” from Mama’s Hand(Rounder)
• The Stillhouse Junkies: “Mountains of New Mexico” from Calamity(self-released)
• Scott Vestal: “By Stealth” from Bluegrass 2020(Pinecastle)
• Tom T. Hall: “A Hero In Harlan” from Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. (Blue Circle)
• The Osborne Brothers: “Up This Hill and Down” from 1956-1968(Bear Family)
• Byron Berline & John Hickman: “Funky Chicken” from Double Trouble(Sugar Hill)
• The Bluegrass Patriots: “Bound In Sorrow” from Through the Years… Favorite Songs and Requests(Redfeather)
• Phil Leadbetter: “I Will Always Love You” from Masters of Slide – Spider Sessions(Mountain Home)