Tuesday 15th November 2011: Old time musicians from West Virginia, Bobby Taylor, Andrew Dunlap and John Preston, in the studio performing and chatting to Jan Dale prior to their appearance at Harrietville festival. Bobby Taylor is a fourth generation award-winning fiddler who, among many other things, judges contests at Galax Fiddlers Convention. Andrew Dunlap is [...]
John Duffey On Southern Style
7 August, 11 By
Founding member of both the Country Gentlemen and Seldom Scene, mandolin player and singer John Duffey died of a heart attack on 10th December 1996 at age 62. John Duffey was best known for his high lonesome tenor voice and his brilliantly innovative mandolin playing. He has also been credited, particularly amongst his fellow musicians, [...]
Kenny Baker Tribute on Southern Style
22 July, 11 By
Tuesday, 26th July, Jan Dale will be presenting a special tribute to Kenny Baker on her ever popular radio show Southern Style. The late Kenny Baker, born in Jenkins Kentucky in June 1926, was considered to be one of the most influential fiddlers in bluegrass music. He was the longest serving member of Bill Monroe’s [...]
Pete Sommerville on PBS FM ‘Southern Style’
13 July, 11 By
Banjo player Peter Somerville will be Jan’s guest on Southern Style on 19th July. He will be playing live to air, talking about his musical history and bringing in some recordings of his main influences as well as giving a few tips to budding banjo players. Southern Style can also be streamed to your computer, [...]
John Hartfod on Southern Style
22 June, 11 By
Jan Dale will be presenting a tribute to the late John Hartford on Southern Style, Tuesday 28th June. John Hartford was a musician, songwriter, steamboat pilot, author, artist, disc jockey, calligrapher, dancer, folklorist, father, and historian. He was a particularly skilled fiddle and banjo player. He won Grammy awards in three different decades, recorded more [...]
Tribute to Bill Clifton
8 May, 11 By
Jan Dale has let us know of a short tribute to Bill Clifton to be played on Southern Style next Tuesday, 10th May. Bill Clifton is a fine BG guitarist and vocalist. Originally from Maryland he began his music career in 1950 on a radio station in Charlottesville and also performed at local barn dances [...]
Hazel Dickens Tribute PBS FM
27 April, 11 By
Jan Dale will be presenting a special tribute show to Hazel Dickens on Southern Style on 3rd May 2011. Hazel Dickens, a folk singer and bluegrass musician who advocated for coal miners, has recently died at age 75. Dickens died Friday morning at a Washington hospice of complications from pneumonia. Dickens, a vocalist and double-bassist, [...]
Appalachian Heaven on Southern Style
4 March, 11 By
News from Jan Dale at PBS FM Victorian Old Time string band Appalachian Heaven will be playing live to air on Jan Dale’s Southern Style on PBS FM 106.7 www.pbsfm.org.au on Tuesday 8th March between 1:00pm and 3:00pm. The band consists of Ian Alexander (fretted and fretless banjo), Maureen Beggs (fiddle, vocal), Maggie Duncan (fiddle, [...]
The Boxcars on Southern Style
19 January, 11 By
Southern Style Tuesday 25th January 2011. Jan Dale will be playing interviews she recorded in Nashville with three members of the recently formed Bluegrass super-group The Boxcars. They are award winning musicians Adam Steffey (mandolin) and Ron Stewart (banjo & fiddle) and bass player Harold Nixon. Other members of the band are Keith Garrett and [...]
Rodney Dillard on Southern Style
11 December, 10 By
Next Tuesday, 14th Dec., Jane Dale will be playing an interview with Rodney Dillard, founding member of the legendary group The Dillards and member of the Bluegrass television group The Darlings. Rodney Dillard has been inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and twice nominated for a Grammy and frequently appeared on the [...]
On Southern Style in November
28 October, 10 By
News just in from Jan Dale of PBS in Melbourne is that she has just returned from the USA after taking in IBMA and no doubt taking the opportunity to record interviews with a host of folk while there. Jan will present an interview with Australia’s Nick Charles on her radio program Southern Style on [...]
Donal Baylor on Southern Style
8 August, 10 By
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