Bill Graham

The Man With The World's Most-Heard Mandolin Solo
Bill Graham visits the man with the most widely heard mandolin solo in the world and gets the scoop straight from the source.
September 7, 2008 - 8:30 pm

Butch's Old Town Mandolin Masterpiece
Butch Baldassari's mandolin playing on his Old Town album floats like a butterfly and stings like Monroe. Bill Graham revisits a classic recording.
August 25, 2008 - 7:00 am

Bluegrass Cafe - A Sign of Intelligent Life Forms
I'm so used to finding nothing of note along the interstates, that I'm surprised when the tasty little sign on the side of a cinder-block building catches my eye. "Bluegrass Cafe, Toe Tappin' Good!"
August 10, 2008 - 9:00 am

Chris Hillman, Rock Royalty but Mandolin Loyalty
Chris Hillman in concert in Olathe, Kansas, July 11, 2008.
August 3, 2008 - 9:00 pm

Sam Bush - A Perpetual Motion Musician at Play
Bill Graham catches up with second generation bluegrass/newgrass legend Sam Bush in concert in Olathe, Kansas, on July 11, 2008.
July 20, 2008 - 7:00 pm

The Ultimate Tool Shed for Instrument Lovers
Bill Graham pays a visit to the National Music Museum and visits with museum director Andre Larson.
July 3, 2008 - 1:00 pm

Rainy Day Dawg
Bill Graham and Scott Tichenor pay a visit to David Grisman at the 2008 Wakarusa Festival in Lawrence, Kansas.
June 12, 2008 - 2:30 pm

Tim O'Brien, he's one of us, but beyond the edge
Bill Graham features acoustic multi-instrumentalist Tim O'Brien.
June 4, 2008 - 10:00 pm

Beautiful Music: Sierra Just Is
Sierra Hull is interviewed about her new Rounder recording and life as a teenage acoustic music superstar in the making.
May 22, 2008 - 6:30 am

Going Up On the Mountain with Sharon Gilchrist
Sharon Gilchrist was once like the rest of us, looking up at the mountain that the true stars of our music dwell on.
May 15, 2008 - 6:45 am

This Addiction to Music
Music resonates in us, similar to how a tuning fork vibrates on and on after the steel is thumped.
May 1, 2008 - 9:30 pm

Into the Breach
I wonder when and where the next breach in the wall will open? The wall being our standard way of thinking about music, melodies and picking styles.
April 17, 2008 - 7:15 pm

An Old Mandolin In a Rectangular Case
An undocumented Loar shows up at the Denver Folklore Center.
April 3, 2008 - 7:00 am

Destination Jam
When you're new to playing acoustic music and the folklife culture, joining the picking circle can be very scary.
March 21, 2008 - 8:30 am

Great Expectations, and the Unforgivable Sin
Acoustic music fans and performing artists are both spoiled.
March 6, 2008 - 9:30 pm

When Buddies Make Good
Bill Graham revisits two fellow musicians years later.
February 22, 2008 - 6:30 am

In Person at Intermountain
An impromptu visit to a famous vintage instrument haven in Salt Lake City, Utah.
February 7, 2008 - 9:00 pm

Flinner's Made-Fresh-Daily
Matt Flinner's found a recipe for the same-old-music blahs.
January 23, 2008 - 9:00 pm

A Toast to Frustrated Mando Maniacs
Come hither, my fellow mandolin and acoustic music devotees who take inventory as the old year fades and a new begins.
January 10, 2008 - 8:30 pm

Mandolin Miracles
Mandolins are miracles. Playing them is, too.
December 27, 2007 - 9:30 pm

Acoustic Music and the Garth Factor
Garth Brooks could make a bluegrass album and it probably would wind up being the biggest seller the genre has ever seen. But would it be lonesome?
December 14, 2007 - 6:05 am