GREAT PICKING ON PUBLIC TELEVISION

If you missed the Thursday viewing of "11th and Grant" featuring guitar champion Jeff Toxel and fiddle champion Trevor Kriegor it will be aired again on MT PBS out of Bozeman on Saturday, January 31, 2015. at 9:30 PM. It is an excellent show and features the incisive interviews of host Eric Funk. This and other of his shows can also be accessed on the web.

I have previously lauded the 5 AM Monday airings of "Song of the Mountains." Last Monday featured the banjo style of Reno and Smiley by a group called the "Blueridge Cutups." They included a very lonesome and bluesy song by Greg Brown, "The Train Carrying Jimmy Rodgers Home."  It brought back memories of the Nashville Bluegrass Band and Alan O'Brant's high lonesome vocals.

I have neglected to promote "Bluegrass Underground" which airs on Saturday nights at 11:30 PM. They will soon begin taping Season Five and will be including:  Hot Rize, Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn, Robert Earl Keen, Amos Lee, Quebe Sisters, LeAnn Womack, Jerry Douglas presents The Earls of Leicester, Leftover Salmon, Railroad Earth, Greensky Bluegrass, Chatham County Line & Billy Joe Shaver!!

Lucinda Williams is featured this Saturday,  January 21st.  With the "Austin City Limits" sandwiched in between you get three hours of very good musical entertainment free of charge courtesy of MT PBS this Saturday.  Those in other viewing areas should check the local listings where you live.