The best in bluegrass each week. Here's your place to listen to the latest edition of String Fever, hosted by Barb Heller, anytime you want. The 7/22/10 edition is the lead segment of this stream. (This archive will only be available until next week's show is posted.)
This was a special "Play Along With the Radio" edition of the program, featuring a live jam band in the studio. We provide the downloadable accompaniment and the sheet music, you can play along at home. This first hour includes the following tunes: Arkansas Traveler, Cock of the North, Fisher's Hornpipe, Flop Eared Mule, Garry Owen/Haste To The Wedding, I'll Fly Away, Irish Washerwoman, Keep On The Sunny Side, and Off She Goes.
This was a special "Play Along With the Radio" edition of the program, featuring a live jam band in the studio. We provide the downloadable accompaniment and the sheet music, you can play along at home. This second hour includes the following tunes: Old Joe Clark, Smash The Windows, Star of the County Down, Devil's Dream, Soldier's Joy, and Wabash Cannonball.
Arkansas Traveler from the String Fever
Radio Jam 1/7/10
Welcome
to String Fever! I’m so glad you’re tuned in!
If you are a
long-time listener, you know that you can expect to hear what’s happening
in our regional bluegrass scene. If you are a first-time visitor, let me tell
you a little more about String Fever:
String Fever host Barb Heller chats with Pat Donohue, the lead guitarist in Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, from the A Prairie Home Companion radio show. Pat is traveling to Saranac Lake on Sunday for an appearance at BluSeed Studios at 7 pm on April 5.
Members of the String Fever Jam Band in the NCPR studio.
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String Fever host Barb Heller welcomes a whole slew of traditional musicians into the studio to perform standards and favorites. To encourage the radio audience to play along, all the sheet music was posted online. You can download this audio and play along yourself. Recordings of your home session may be posted on the String Fever page.
String Fever host Barb Heller welcomes Gretchen Koehler and Don Woodcock into the studio for some great North Country fiddling. Gretchen is the 2008 Northeast Champion fiddler, and Don is a past NYS champion. They take turns at the fiddle and the piano for some favorite tunes, and talk with Barb about the history of traditional fiddle styles. More...
I welcome live soloists,
bands, and co-hosts in the String Fever studio – especially if you have an
upcoming gig in our listening area! You can reach me anytime via email
(barb@ncpr.org), or by calling the station
toll-free at 877-388-6277. If you have a gig in the region please email me the
details for inclusion on String Fever – and include a copy to calendar@ncpr.org
too!
In my opinion, there’s nothing like live music, but I strive to
make String Fever your weekly nearly-as-good-as-a-live-gig Bluegrass Café…
and I hope that you’ll hear something on the air that inspires you to seek
out the live, in-person version of it; whether it’s a bluegrass festival,
concert or workshop.
So… until we meet in person at a gig, festival,
concert or fundraiser….
You can find download live performances
by guests who have performed on String Fever from the UpNorth
Concert Hall. Select "Traditional and New Acoustic Music."
You can also hear Barb Heller in her classical guise each Saturday and Sunday
on FM in the Morning.
July 22, 2010 | NPR · Hear dozens of sets from the legendary festival during our live webcast with WFUV and Folk Alley. This year's lineup features both old favorites and young unknowns, from heavy-metal bluegrass to Nigerian-inspired hip-hop and reggae.
July 12, 2010 | WVPB · The country star is joined by The Travelin' McCourys for a performance of tunes from his recent, bluegrass-inspired album Up on the Ridge. The band also performs special arrangements of Bentley's hit singles.
June 24, 2010 | NPR · With seven No. 1 country hits, six Grammy nominations and two platinum albums, singer Dierks Bentley is a bona fide star. His fifth album, Up on the Ridge, will be a surprise to some fans: It's entirely acoustic, and finds Bentley digging deep into bluegrass.
June 4, 2010 | NPR · All this week, Mountain Stage has looked back at a few relatives who've appeared on the program in the past 26 years. Here's the grand finale, starting with songwriter Steve Earle, who appears with bluegrass legend Del McCoury and his band (which includes sons Ronnie and Rob McCoury). Then there's more from Earle's son, Justin Townes Earle. The session closes with performances from Billy Joe and Eddie Shaver, Eliza Gilkyson with son Cisco Ryder and Guy Clark with his son Travis.
May 19, 2010 | NPR · The bluegrass stars sing with pristine vocal harmonies and perform with unmatched energy. On its Mountain Stage debut, the group plays songs from The Famous Lefty Flynn's, plus bluegrass standards and a few surprising covers.
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Barb Heller each Thursday afternoon from 3:00 to 4:45 pm for the best of acoustic
and bluegrass music in the North Country
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to String Fever! I’m so glad you’re tuned in!
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