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Pacific Pickin’ brings you the best in bluegrass plus its roots and branches: old time, classic country, rockabilly, western swing and whatever jumps off the shelves at us. Most shows have an artist feature and a gospel set. Hear the historical recordings and the latest releases right here.

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    • Apr 5, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Artist Feature - In Memoriam Roland White

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 120:02


    We salute the life of Roland White this week as we mourn his passing in our artist feature sets. We have lots of birthdays to celebrate and a bit of new music. Enjoy and Stay Safe!

    Artist Feature - Paul Williams

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2022 120:01


    In honour of his birthday we are featuring Paul Williams from the early years of his performing career with some songs from the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers as well as some songs with Jimmy Martin as well as his own band The Victory Trio. We also have some other birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Enjoy and Stay Safe!

    Artist Feature - Charlie Poole

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2022 120:02


    On his birthday, we celebrated the music of Charlie Poole, some of which he sang and some of which we picked others performing his songs. We also had other birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Enjoy and stay safe!

    Artist Feature - In Memoriam Mac Martin

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2022 120:02


    Our artist feature is a memorial to the late, great Mac Martin. Not as well known as some of the other artists of his generation, Mac provided some solid Bluegrass to Bluegrass fans in the Eastern US, particularly in his home area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We have some birthdays to celebrate and new music to introduce to you. Enjoy and stay safe!

    International Women's Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 120:02


    We salute International Women's Day for 2022 by playing some of the pioneers and some of the later women involved in Bluegrass music. We could have used four hours this week and still only scratched the surface of the great music. Enjoy and stay safe!

    Artist Feature - Mike Compton

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 120:02


    In honour of his birthday, we salute Mike Compton in our artist feature set. We have some birthdays to celebrate and some new music too! Enjoy and stay safe!

    Artist Feature - Slocan Ramblers

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2022 120:02


    The Slocan Ramblers are on tour and will be in the Lower Mainland this week so played a set in honour of that! We also had some birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Enjoy and stay safe!

    Artist Feature - Longview

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2022 120:01


    Dudley Connell and Don Rigsby are having birthdays this week so we featured Longview in their honour. Lots of birthdays to celebrate this week and some great new music. Stay Safe!

    FUNDRIVE SHOW - Artist Feature - In Memoriam Don Humphries

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2022 120:01


    The songwriter Don Humphries died this past week so we are saluting his life by playing some of his Bluegrass songs on the show this week. Plus we have some birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Enjoy! Stay Safe! Donate to the FunDrive at city.ca/donate Thank you for support!!!

    Artist Feature - In Memoriam Dallas Frazier

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2022 120:01


    The great songwriter Dallas Frazier died a couple of weeks ago so we salute his life with some great Bluegrass versions of his songs. Plus we have some birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Stay Safe!

    Artist Feature - In Memoriam Randall Massengill

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2022 120:02


    Another sad loss in the Bluegrass community this week with the passing of Randall Massengill who we pay tribute to in our artist feature set. Please we have some birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Stay safe!

    Artist Feature - Charlie Waller Birthday Feature

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2022 120:01


    In honour of his birthday we feature cuts from the Country Gentlemen featuring Charlie Waller. We have other birthdays to celebrate and some great new music! Stay safe!

    Artist Feature - James Reams Birthday and CD Release

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2022 120:02


    In honour of the birthday of James Reams and the release of his new CD set "Like a Flowing River" on Mountain Redbird we feature him and the new CD in our artist feature set. Plus we have some other birthdays to celebrate and some fine new music. Stay safe!

    Artist Feature - Live from the Louisiana Hayride

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2022 120:02


    For our artist feature we saluted three artists whose birthdays are this week, Johnny Cash, Roger Miller and Elvis Presley, with some live music that they performed on the Lousiana Hayride. We also celebrated some other birthdays and played some wonderful new music. Stay Safe!

    Artist Features - Happy New Year and In Memoriam J.D. Crowe

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2021 120:02


    Another sad artist feature this week as the amazing banjo player J.D. Crowe died this past week. J.D.'s timing, taste and tone were like no other and he will be very greatly missed. We also have a salute to the new year in our preshow and some birthdays to celebrate as well. Stay Safe!!

    22nd Annual Pacific Pickin' Christmas Extravaganza

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021 120:01


    All holiday...all the time. From the sublime to the ridiculous. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you. Stay safe!

    Artist Feature - Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2021 120:02


    We are celebrating the season of Advent with more Christmas music. Plus we are celebrating some birthdays as well. Next week will be our annual Christmas Extravaganza! Stay safe.

    Artist Features - Christmas and In Memoriam Stonewall Jackson

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2021 120:01


    It's Christmastime so we are featuring Christmas Music during the show. Unfortunately Stonewall Jackson passed this week at the age of 89 so our other artist feature is in his memory. Stay safe!

    Artist Feature - In Memoriam Jason Moore

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2021 120:02


    Jason Moore, bassist par excellence, passed recently so we feature him in a memorial artist feature set. Some birthdays, new music and the start of Advent (the Christmas Music Season) round out the show. Stay Safe!

    Artist Feature - Jack Tottle

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021 120:01


    In honour of his birthday we are featuring Jack Tottle today. We have some other birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Enjoy and Stay Safe!

    Artist Feature - The Wardens

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2021 120:01


    In honour of their new CD Sold Out at the Ironwood, we feature The Wardens in our Artist Feature set. We also have some birthdays to celebrate and lots of great new music! Stay Safe!!

    Artist Features - Lonesome Ace String Band and Remembrance Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021 120:02


    In honour of their upcoming release Lively Times, we feature the Lonesome Ace String band with two cuts from the new CD and one from an older CD. We also salute Remembrance Day. We have some birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Stay safe!

    Artist Feature - In Memoriam Sonny Osborne

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2021 120:01


    Another sad loss for the Bluegrass community is the passing of Sonny Osborne who we tribute for two sets. Lots of birthdays to celebrate, two more memorial spins and some new music to round out the show. Stay safe!

    Artist Feature - Joe Mullins

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2021 120:01


    In honour of his birthday, we feature Joe Mullins in our Artist Feature set. Lots of birthdays to celebrate today and some great new music! Stay safe.Note for next week: We'll been doing an extended memorial for the late, great Sonny Osborne.

    Artist Features - Kerry Hay and Phil Leadbetter

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2021 120:01


    This was a sad week. We lost Kerry Hay, the retired proprietor of Hay Holler Records and Phil Leadbetter, resophonic guitarist extraordinaire. We tribute Kerry Hay in the gospel set and the last six cuts of the show with fabulous tracks from some of the wonderful Hay Holler releases. Our artist feature set shows off Uncle Phil's great dobro work on one of his solo CDs as well as with J.D. Crowe and with his own band the Bluegrass All Stars. They will both be missed very much. Stay Safe!

    Artist Feature - Melba Montgomery

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2021 120:01


    In honour of Melba Montgomery's birthday we are featuring her with George Jones in our artist feature set. Lots of birthdays to celebrate and some lovely new music. Enjoy and Stay Safe!

    Artist Feature - IBMA Award winners

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2021 120:01


    We decided to feature some of the folks who won awards on the IBMA Awards show. Lots of birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Stay Safe!

    Artist Feature - E.C. Ball

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2021 120:01


    It's the birthday week of Estil C. Ball (E.C. Ball) so we salute him in our artist feature segment. We have lots of birthdays to celebrate this week and some great new music. Stay Safe!

    Artist Feature - Kathy Kallick

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2021 120:01


    In honour of Kathy Kallick's birthday, we salute her in our artist feature set. Lots of birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Stay Safe!

    Artist Feature - Kathy Kallick

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 120:01


    It's Kathy Kallick's birthday this week so we are saluting her in our artist feature set. We have lots of birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Stay Safe!

    22nd Annual Bill Monroe Birthday Bash

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2021 120:01


    We always feature the music of Bill Monroe on the occasion of his birthday and this year is no exception! Enjoy! Stay safe!

    Artist Feature - James King

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2021 120:01


    In honour of his birthday we salute the great Bluegrass singer James King. We have some lovely new music and a lot of birthdays to celebrate.Remember, next week is our annual Bill Monroe Birthday Bash! Stay Safe!

    Artist Feature - Trisha Gagnon

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2021 120:02


    In honour of her birthday we salute Trisha Gagnon in our artist feature set. Birthdays to celebrate as well as some new music too. Stay Safe!

    Artist Feature - In Memoriam - Tom T. Hall & Bill Emerson

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2021 120:02


    We had three sad losses this week, Margaret Archer Bailey, the incomparable Tom T. Hall and Bill Emerson. We feature Tom T. and Bill Emerson in two separate artist feature sets. We have a number of birthdays to celebrate this week and a little bit of new music. Stay Safe!

    Artist Feature - Lynn Morris

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 120:02


    In honour of her upcoming induction into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame, we feature Lynn Morris in our artist feature set. Plus we have some birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Stay Safe!

    Artist Feature - The Stoneman Family

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 120:01


    In honour of their upcoming induction into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame, we feature The Stoneman Family in our artist feature set. We have birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Stay safe!

    Artist Feature - Alison Krauss

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2021 120:02


    In honour of her upcoming induction into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame, we feature Alison Krauss in our artist feature set. Plus, we have birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Stay Safe!

    Artist Feature - Ricky Skaggs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2021 120:02


    In honour of his birthday we salute Ricky Skaggs in our artist feature. We have other birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Stay Safe!

    Artist Feature - Rhonda Vincent

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2021 119:53


    In honour of her birthday we are featuring Rhonda Vincent in our artist feature segment. We have birthdays to celebrate, another sad memorial and some great new music. Stay safe!

    Artist Feature - Gerald Evans Birthday Feature

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2021 120:01


    It's Gerald Evans birthday this week so we salute him in our Artist Feature set. We have lots of birthdays to celebrate this week and some great new music in to Pacific Pickin' Central. Enjoy the music! Stay Safe!

    June 29 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 120:02


    We have lots of birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Stay cool. Stay safe!

    Artist Feature - Frank Wakefield

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2021 121:06


    Our artist feature segment features birthday boy Frank Wakefield. We have lots of birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Stay safe!

    Artist Feature - Father's Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2021 119:41


    In honour of Father's Day we have two sets of music involving fathers. Plus we have lots of new music and birthdays to celebrate. Stay Safe!

    Artist Feature- In Memoriam Mike O'Reilly

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 118:39


    Canadian Bluegrass musician and wonderful songwriter, Mike O'Reilly passed away this week so we dedicate our artist feature to his memory. We have birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Stay safe!

    Artist Feature - In Memoriam Patrick Sky

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 120:01


    The great singer-songwriter Patrick Sky died this week so we salute him in the artist feature and play one of his best known tunes by the Country Gentlemen to close the set. We have some birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Stay Safe!

    Artist Feature - Industrial Strength Bluegrass

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 120:41


    Today we feature the companion CD to the amazing book on Bluegrass in Southwestern Ohio - Industrial Strength Bluegrass (Illinois University Press). We also have some birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Stay safe.

    Artist Feature - The Harry Smith B-Sides

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 120:01


    In honour of the release of Dust-to-Digital's box set of the B-Sides of the tracks featured on Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, we are playing songs in the gospel set and the artist feature set. Plus, we have lots of birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Stay Safe!

    Artist Feature - Prison Songs

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 119:52


    It's been a long year and I think many of us share a frustration about COVID-19 so our artist feature is Prison Songs. We have lots of birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Stay safe!

    Artist Feature - Artists heard at Folk Unlocked

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2021 120:08


    There was so much music at Folk Unlocked! I decided to feature just a few of the artists I got to see and hear at this year's conference. We have some birthdays to celebrate and lots of new music. Stay safe!

    Artist Feature - Pharis and Jason Romero

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 118:55


    In honour of the birthday of Pharis Romero and the recent release of Pharis and Jason's recent CD we feature Pharis and Jason Romero with two songs from the new CD and two songs from past releases. We have birthdays to celebrate and some wonderful new music as well. Enjoy and stay safe.

    Artist Feature - Dolly Parton

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 119:03


    It's Dolly Parton's birthday and we are celebrating with a set of music written and performed by Dolly plus some extra songs written by Dolly and performed by others plus a special duet with Rhonda Vincent and Dolly Parton. We have more birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Stay Safe!

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