May 11 - Mother's Day|
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| | STEPHANIE BETTMAN & LUKE HALPIN | Stiff Upper Lip | It All Comes Back to Love | FLR | | NOAM PIKELNY | My Mother Thinks I'm a Lawyer | Beat the Devil & Carry a Rail | Compass | | SELDOM SCENE | Mama Tried | SCENEchronized | Sugar Hill | | ROBIN & LINDA WILLIAMS | Hungry Eyes | Visions of Love | Sugar Hill | | MERLE HAGGARD | Momma's Prayers | The Bluegrass Sessions | McCoury Music | | LARRY SPARKS | Momma/ Momma's Apron | Almost Home | Rounder | | THE WHITES | Apron Strings | Lifetime in the Making / | Ceili | | DAVID LaFLEUR | The Quilt Song | Them Bones | David LaFleur | | NU-BLU | Family Quilt | The Blu-Disc | Pinecastle | | PEGGY SEEGER | My Mother Is Younger Than Me / Everything Changes | Live | Appleseed | | HAZEL DICKENS | Mama's Hand | A Few Old Memories | Rounder | | STEVE SCHUCH | Mother's Day Waltz | Fields of Summer | Rare Earth | | SARAH McQUAID | Last Song | I Won't Go Home 'Til Morning | SMQ |
May 4 - Horses & Horse Racing|
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| | WHITE HOUSE | Going to the Races | White House | Pinecastle | | BILL MONROE & HIS BLUEGRASS BOYS | Molly and Tenbrooks | Live at the Opry | MCA | | FOURTOLD | Molly and Tenbrooks | Fourtold | Appleseed | | DUFFEY, WALLER, ADCOCK & GRAY | Stewball | Classic Country Gents Reunion | Sugar Hill | | RANI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM | Stewball | Gambling Eden | Signature Sounds | | NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND w/ DOC WATSON | Tennessee Stud | Will the Circle Be Unbroken | Warner Brothers | | THE RARELY HERD | The Union Mare and the Confederate Grey | Pure Homemade Love | Pinecastle | | GARRET MATHEWS | Fading Horse Traders | Folks Are Talking | (self) | | GUY CLARK FEATURING VERLON THOMPSON | Joe Walker's Mare | Songs and Stories | Dualtone | | JONATHAN BYRD | Wild Ponies | Cackalack | Waterbug | | DRUHA TRAVA | Wild Horses | Czechmate | Compass | | RED HORSE | Wild Horse | Red Horse | Red House | | NOAM PIKELNY | Jim Thompson's Horse | Beat the Devil and Carry a Rail | Compass | | CAROLINE HERRING | All the Pretty Little Horses | Lantana | Signature Sounds |
April 27 - Trees in Celebration of Arbor Day|
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| | NEWGRANGE | Music Tree | Newgrange | Compass | | RICKIE SIMPKINS | Old Tree | Don't Fret It | Doobie Shea | | LAURIE LEWIS | The Maple's Lament | Earth and Sky | Rounder | | JONATHAN BYRD | I Was an Oak Tree | Cackalack | Waterbug | | GARRET MATHEWS | Timbering Tales | Folks Are Talking | (self) | | VASSAR CLEMENTS | Tall Timber | Full Circle | OMS | | CHUCK BRODSKY | Trees Falling | Color Came One Day | Waterbug | | DOUG SPEARS | Big Bald Cypress | Welcome Home | Cypress Moss | | CROOKED STILL | Locust in the Willow | Some Strange Country | Signature Sounds | | CAROLANN SOLEBELLO | Bury Me Beneath the Willow | Threshold | Elizabeth | | THE STEELDRIVERS | Hear the Willow Cry | The SteelDrivers | Rounder | | KAREN McDONALD | Weeping Willow | studio recording | EIO Productions | | NANCI GRIFFITH | The Giving Tree | Twistable Turnable Man | Sugar Hill |
April 20 - Musical Celebration of Earth Day|
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| | UNCLE EDDIE & ROBIN | Take Care of the Planet | When We're Together | Elm Cottage | | TIM GRIMM | Whose Garden Was This? | Thank You Tom Paxton | Vault | | PETE SEEGER, et al | Solartopia | Tomorrow's Children | Appleseed | | MAD AGNES | Mother's Plaint /Perfect Planet | Hush | Mad Agnes | | MIKE MORNINGSTAR | Song for Mother | Moving Mountains | Falling Mountain | | THE LONETONES | State of the Art | Still Moving Mountains--The Journey Home | Aurora Lights | | JIM SAVARINO | Where Have the Mountains Gone | Sun Dreams | Jim Savarino Music | | LAURIE LEWIS | Black Waters / | Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals | Rounder | | AZTEC TWO-STEP | What Would the Indians Say | Cause and Effect | Red Engine | | ROD MacDONALD | Just Because | Songs of Freedom | Blue Flute | | JONATHAN EDWARDS | This Island Earth | My Love Will Keep | Appleseed | | PETER MAYER | Church of the Earth | Heaven Below | Blue Boat | | | | | | | | |
April 13 - Lucky Songs for Friday the Thirteenth|
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| | ANGEL BAND | (I Feel) Lucky | Bless My Sole | Appleseed | | TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA | Lookin' at Lucky | Lookin' at Lucky | Trout | | ARY GAUTHIER | Lucky Stars | Drag Queens in Limousines | In the Black | | RICE, RICE, HILLMAN & PEDERSEN | Maybe She'll Get Lucky | Runnin' Wild | Rounder | | GUTHRIE THOMAS | I'll Be Lucky | Ghost Towns | Mainstreet | | ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION | The Lucky One | New Favorite | Rounder | | AUBREY HAYNIE | Happy Go Lucky | A Man Must Carry On | Sugar Hill | | MARK DVORAK | Lucky in Love | Every Step of the Way | Waterbug | | STEVE GOODMAN / | Just Lucky I Guess | No Big Surprise | Red Pajamas | | JIMMY LaFAVE | Lucky Man | Cimarron Manifesto | Red House | | STEEP CANYON RANGERS | Lucky Streak | Steep Canyon Rangers | Rebel | | ERIC BRACE & PETER COOPER | Lucky Bones | You Don't Have To Like Them Both | Red Beet | | NASHVILLE BLUEGRASS BAND | Luckiest Man Alive | Twenty Year Blues | Sugar Hill | | JACK WILLIAMS | That Lucky Old Sun | Don't Let Go | Wind River | | JOEL MABUS | Lucky, Lucky You | Retold | Fossil |
April 6 - Gospel & Spiritual Music for the Celebration of Easter|
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| | THE SACRED SHAKERS | Titanic | The Sacred Shakers | Signature Sounds | | BEVERLY SMITH & CARL JONES | Gospel Ship | Somewhere Over Yonder | Dittyville | | DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER | Calm the Storm | Quicksilver Rides Again | Sugar Hill | | DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER | Be Not Afraid | Sing Me a Song About Jesus | Mountain Home | | JONATHAN EDWARDS | Sailor's Prayer | My Love Will Keep | Appleseed | | LESTER FLATT, EARL SCRUGGS & THE FOGGY MOUNTAIN BOYS | Take Me in a Life Boat | Mercury Sessions Vol. 1 | Rounder | | JOEL MABUS | A Closer Walk with Thee | American Anonymous | Fossil | | THE PETER ROWAN BLUEGRASS BAND | Let Me Walk Lord by Your Side | Legacy | Compass | | DARIN & BROOKE ALDRIDGE | Jesus Walk Beside Me | So Much In Between | Mountain Home | | JOHNNY STAATS & ROBERT SHAFER | Walking in the Way with Jesus | Always Lift Him Up | Proper | | THE SACRED SHAKERS | Are You Walking and a'Talking with the Lord | The Sacred Shakers | Signature Sounds | | RHONDA VINCENT | Walking My Lord Up Calvary's Hill | One Step Ahead | Rounder | | ANDY AGNEW, JR | It Ain't Easy | Originals by a West Virginian | (self) | | JOHN LILLY | I've Got the Keys to the Kingdom | The Hayslett Collection | Music Mentors | | THE GRASCALS | Pass It On | Life Finds a Way | Mountain Home |
March 30 - April Fool's Day--Songs about Fools & Foolishness|
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| | NASHVILLE BLUEGRASS BAND | The Fool | Home of the Blues | Sugar Hill | | ABBIE GARDNER | I'm a Fool | Honey on My Grave | Gimmie Some Ribs | | ALISON KRAUSS | Foolish Heart | Too Late To Cry | Rounder | | ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION | New Fool | Every Time You Say Goodbye | Rounder | | PATTI CASEY | A Fool Like That | The Heart of a Waiting Boy | Long Shot Music | | PENNY LANG | You Fool | Stone + Sand + Sea + Sky | Borealis | | WILD AND BLUE | You Were Only Foolin' | Come On In and Make Yourself at Home | Pinecastle | | VASSAR CLEMENTS | Foolin' Round | Vassar's Jazz | Winter Harvest | | DAROL ANGER's REPUBLIC OF STRINGS | Chain of Fools | Generation Nation | Compass | | MISSING PERSON SOUP KITCHEN GOSPEL QUARTET | Who Will Your Next Fool Be? | Stirring It Up | (self) | | TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA | How Many Times a Fool | Looking at Lucky | Trout | | ERIC BRACE & PETER COOPER | Suffer a Fool | Master Sessions | Red Beet | | JESSE WINCHESTER | Bless Your Foolish Heart | Love Filling Station | Appleseed | | ANDINA AND RICH | Everyone Out of the Gene Pool | Two Guitars, a Dulcimer and an Attitude | Dulci Yodel | | AUSTIN LOUNGE LIZARDS | Shallow End of the Gene Pool | Small Minds | Sugar Hill |
March 23 - Music for Late March & the Arrival of Spring|
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| | TIM O'BRIEN | Brother Wind | Rock in My Shoe | Sugar Hill | | KAT EGGLESTON | First Warm Wind | First Warm Wind | Waterbug | | DOC & MERLE WATSON | Windy and Warm | Southbound | Vanguard | | JP JONES | So Early, Early in the Spring | Jeremiah | Vision Company | | MIKE SEEGER | Early in the Spring | True Vine | Smithsonian Folkways | | THE CHIEFTAINS w/ THE PUNCH BROTHERS | The Frost Is All Over | Voice of Ages | Hear Music | | JOHN STARLING & CAROLINA STAR | Irish Spring | Slidin' Home | Rebel | | SARAH McQUAID | So Much Rain | The Plum Tree & the Rose | Waterbug | | ANDY AGNEW JR | Spring Showers | Originals by a West Virginian | (self) | | PAUL EPSTEIN | Take a Lesson from the Earth | Lessons Life's Taught Me | (self) | | ANNE HILLS | Glad for the Spring | Beauty Attends | Collective Works | | LUI COLLINS | Spring | Closer | Waterbug | | PRISCILLA HERDMAN | This Time of Year | Forever and Always | Flying Fish | | DAVID CROW | Springtime | As the Crow Flies | Pinecastle | | REEL WORLD STRING BAND | Appalachian Wind | Appalachian Wind | Flying Fish |
March 16 - Music with Irish Influences for St. Patrick's Day|
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| | SHARON SHANNON w/ STEVE EARLE | Galway Girl | The Diamond Mountain Sessions | Compass | | GUY CLARK | Dublin Blues | Dublin Blues | Asylum | | THE CHIEFTAINS w/ THE CIVIL WARS | Lily Love | Voice of Ages | Hear Music | | THE CHIEFTAINS w/ THE CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS | Pretty Little Girl | Voice of Ages | Hear Music | | WEST OF EDEN | On She Goes | Safe Crossing | West of Music | | TIM O'BRIEN | Ireland's Green Shore | The Crossing | Alula | | APPALACHIAN CELTIC CONSORT | Shamrock Shore/Statten Island Hornpipe | Drop o' the Pure | (self) | | THE CLAN ERDVERKLE | Sidh Beag Agus Sidh Mor/Planxty Irwin | Potatoes & Oatmeal | Fret'n Fiddle | | JOE HERRMANN | Si Bheag, Si Mhor/Great Dreams from Heaven | Gather 'Round | Yodel-Ay-Hee | | AURORA CELTIC | Sjueno Jig/Hot Club Jig | Edge of the World | Aurora Celtic | | SARAH McQUAID | The Sun Goes On Rising | The Plum Tree and the Rose | Waterbug | | ROBBIE O'CONNELL | The Love of the Land | The Love of the Land | Green Linnett | | THE CHIEFTAINS w/ PAOLO NUTINI | Hard Times Come Again No More | Voice of Ages | Hear Music | | APPALACHIAN CELTIC CONSORT | Farewell to Becky | Drop o' the Pure | (self) |
March 9 - Music for Women's History Month|
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| | SALLY ROGERS | Generations | Generations | Flying Fish | | MARY SUE TWOHY | Luray Women | The Risk Involved | Azalea City | | CATHY FINK & MARCY MARXER | obody's Body But Mine | Voice on the Wind | Rounder | | DOLLY PARTON | Just Because I'm a Woman | Just Because I'm a Woman | Sugar Hill | | THE ROYS | Trailblazer | Lonesome Whistle | Rural Rhythm | | HAZEL DICKENS & ALICE GERRARD | Working Girl Blues | A Few Old Memories | Rounder | | HAZEL DICKENS | Coal Mining Woman | Coal Mining Women | Rounder | | SALLY ROGERS | estimony of Patience Kershaw | Generations | Flying Fish | | REEL WORLD STRING BAND | What She Aims To Be | Coal Mining Women | Rounder | | ROBIN GREENSTEIN | Union Maid | Images of Women, Vol. 2 | Windy | | PEGGY SEEGER | Gonna Be An Engineer | Three Score and Ten | Appleseed | | HARP (RONNI GILBERT) | Mothers, Daughters, Wives | A Time To Sing | Appleseed | | FOUR BITCHIN' BABES | American Women | Diva Nation | Hem and Haw |
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