Episode 2283: 23-30 The Banjo Special

Bela Fleck released My Bluegrass Heart a while back, a massive collection of self-penned bluegrass instrumentals. It's a return to the music that initially established him as one of foremost performers on the 5-string banjo. This week we present The Banjo Special, featuring music from Bela Fleck's two CD package, as well as some of the finest banjo players from the past half century. It's a Banjo Special … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways Nick Hornbuckle / “Cumberland Gap” / Twelve By Two (Plus or Minus One) / CorvusBela Fleck / “The Old North Woods” / My Bluegrass Heart / BMGNashville Bluegrass Band-Alan O'Bryant/ “I'll Just Keep On Loving You” / Home Of The Blues / Sugar HillJohn Hartford / “Gentle On My Mind” / Steamboat Whistle Blues / Radio BremenThe Nitty Gritty Dirt Band-John McKuen / “Clemente Opus 36” / Dirt Silver & Gold / BGOBill Emerson and the Sweet Dixie Band / “Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico” / Bill Emerson and the Sweet Dixie Band / RebelEmerson & Taylor / “Espanol” / Appaloosa / WebcoOld Man Luedecke / “Just Like a River” / Proof of Love / Black HenBela Fleck / “Hunky Dory” / My Bluegrass Heart / BMGNick Hornbuckle / “Yell in the Shoats” / Twelve By Two (Plus or Minus One) / CorvusJD Crowe & the New South / “Sally Goodin” / JD Crowe & the New South / RounderThe Osborne Brothers / “I Wonder Where You Are Tonight” / Dayton to Knoxville / PinecastleFlatt & Scruggs / “Earl's Breakdown” / Foggy Mountain Jamboree / ColumbiaRoger Sprung and Doc Watson / “The World is Waiting for the Sunrise” / Classic Bluegrass / Smithsonian FolkwaysBela Fleck / “Bum's Rush” / My Bluegrass Heart / BMGPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways