It is an unique radio-programming in this region devoted to the Americanbluegrass and grassroots music - the fine genre which is so rare in today'smodern electr(on)ic music world (including new country). Commercial mediaisn't interested in airing natural, real acoustic music but there's a bigdemand for it among listeners in Estonia. And some Estonian own nationalmusic is also very similar to American old-time country and Irish folk.

* The Story

It was in March 1992 when the first private radio stations in Estonia wereborn and I decided to start a country music radio-show for traditional androots-country styles mostly. The show called "Kantri Alati Jääb" (Country Forever)was on air from that time until April 1997 every week, 1...3 hours in length,introducing American traditional country (with some very rare offshoots intotoday's modern country) to Estonian listeners.

In September 1994 the second weekly show called"Rohujuured" (Grassroots) was born to carry only acousticbluegrass and grassroots music forms between country, folk and jazz. Thisshow was unique not only because of its music-style but also of having notime-limit. It was as long as I wanted to do it! In fact it lasted 1,5...3hours but the longest ones have been 9 and 7 hours.

Both of my programs were completely self-financed, self-produced and self-aired which guaranteed them full independence - They were aired on commercial radiostation but it was only using their studio and transmission network, no more. Why I used this station? Because it is the first private radio in Estonia, it is very popular among the listeners and it has large transmission network. Listeners kept tuned on it and this way many of themreally discovered American acoustic grassroots-music.

But it is still commercial station - its primary interests are money and highlistenership. Those interests can be guaranteed only by airing more mainstreammusic and hot political discussions. It was never allowed to air alternatemusic during daytime on this station. And it went more and more problematic also in nighttime. The thing which broke me finally was the decision of theProgramming Director of the station not to allow my program to be aired fromthe studio of sister-station (Raadio Uuno, belongs to the same owner)during the move of the main studio's equipment to the new location just duringthe hours of my regular show. But, they still connected the transmitter tothe sister-station's studio and aired mainstream pop-rock music non-stop allthe night from there - on two transmission networks at the same time! Thestation's staff was to be afraid of airing my show on two transmissionnetworks this night as they thought it may drop down the listenership forsister station which is designed for airing mainstream music. But I did notthink so. On my mind two hours of more-acoustic music on this channel one latenight may result even in more interest in bluegrass and related music. I wasready for airing this show almost without spoken parts and to include morecontemporary cross-over bluegrass and acoustic music stuff which can workbetter on wider audience but they did not allow me to do even that. Theystill preferred mainstream music... I had aired all of my shows from 1992completely on my expenses and the only thing I wanted to get from the stationwas free airtime. But they broke this agreement and so it was also enoughreasonable for me to broke also my relations with this fine station,Raadio Kuku, on April,13,1997.

After this was happened I immediately started preparation work to continueairing the music I love, on my own, just formed, fully independentnon-commercial experimental radio-station BGR (BlueGrassRadio). Itspart-time test transmissions with bluegrass music started on April,28,1997and continued throughout the summer of 97, including also many special musicshows and programs. But on September,1,1997 the dream of my life came true -BlueGrassRadio switched over to 24-hour continuous programming beingunique this kind of radio station in Europe and may-be all over the World (?).The station is low-power one and of course I lost many of my show's earlierfans and listeners but this solution was still the only way (and safe way) tocontinue airing real music here.

Such was my story - From short country music show to 24-hour bluegrass musicradio station.

* The Name

The main radio-show was called Rohujuured. It is word-by-wordtranslation of Grassroots into estonian, not in its meaning of'country-folks' but just in meaning of 'grass' (vegetation) and 'roots' (thepart of vegetation in ground). At the same time it is very symbolictranslation - grass symbolizes the natural style of music androots the basic, traditional side of it. The official name of the showwas fixed in two-language form as Rohujuured/Grassroots.

After the show changed over to 24-hour BlueGrassRadio station the nameRohujuured/Grassroots is used as an alternate title for the station'smusic programming.

* The Music

During the past years when the show was aired on Raadio Kuku it hadabout 1/3 of the total program time for the introductions and comments on themusic and musicians to make them more familiar to Estonian listeners. Aboutone half of the total number of shows were so-called various-contentprogramming (every song from different artist) but the shows still had somecommon theme or idea. Very often I aired special radio-shows devoted to onlyone artist or even one album. Sometimes there were 2...4 artists or albums inone show.After starting continuous 24-hour programming mostly automated non-stop musicis aired.

Which genres of music can be aired on BlueGrassRadio? Of course, allthe music MUST BE bluegrass-related. But it can be accepted even if it is veryfar-related. In example Alison Brown Quartet's and Dawg's jazz, Al Grierson'sand Michael Johnathon's folk, Emmylou Harris' and Smokey Greene's acousticcountry, Riders In The Sky's and Michael Cornett's traditional cowboy music,Ken Hamm's and Jimmie Rodgers' blues, Mike Auldridge's swing, Tony Rice'sspacegrass, Flecktones' funk, Peter Rowan's texmex and rock, The Isaacs'gospel, Russ Barenberg's calypso, Jerry Douglas' and Edgar Meyer's new-age,Vishwa Mohan Bhatt's world music, No Strings Attached's dulcimer music arejust some samples of far-related genres which still can be well-accepted here.But bluegrass in its different formats, old-time, bluegrass-country and newacoustic music are the "must be" menu. Most of singer/songwriterfolk and modern country and commercial traditional country music CAN'T beaired here. And of course, the all-acoustic instrumentation is preferred,although sometimes some electric instruments are accepted, too.

Here below is a very long list of some few samples of thousands of fineartists who have got our airtime:

• Roots-legends:
  Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Doc Watson, Jean Ritchie;
• Old-Time finest:
  Mike Seeger, Norman & Nancy Blake, Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin;
• Old-Time music local stars:
  E.C. & Orna Ball, J.P. & Annadeene Fraley, Buddy Thomas, Ill-Mo Boys;
• Old-Time banjers:
  Bob Carlin, Walt Koken, George Pegram;
• Old-Time square dancers and cloggers:
  Highwoods Stringband, Benton Flippen, Lynn'Chirps'Smith & Volos, Carol Mallett;
• Old-Time music contemporary arrangers:
  Dirk Powell, Skeeter & Skidmarks, Naiman & Coole, Druckenmillers, Bovee & Heil;
• Old-Time music today with fun:
  Double Decker Stringband, Freight Hoppers, Woodshed All-Stars, Raymond McLain;
• Bluegrass founders & legends:
  Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, Stanley Brothers, Ralph Stanley;
• Long-Time classic bluegrass icons:
  Jim & Jesse, Osborne Brothers, Mac Wiseman, Reno & Smiley, Jimmy Martin, Joe Val;
• Less-known early bluegrass performers:
  Bray Bro, Lilly Bro, Don Stover, Bill Clifton, Connie&Babe, Mac Martin, Buzz Matheson;
• Traditional bluegrass carriers:
  Larry Sparks, Jim Eanes, Bill Harrell, Dave Evans, Lost & Found, McPeak Brothers;
• New bright tenor voices in traditional bluegrass:
  Del McCoury,James King,Larry Stephenson,Dudley Connell,Don Rigsby,Paul Williams;
• Hot emerging traditionalists today:
  Karl Shiflett, Wildwood Valley Boys, Lost Highway, Jerry Wicentowski;
• Famous bluegrass groups of 70s and 80s:
  Country Gazette, Hot Rize, Dreadful Snakes, Bluegrass Album Band, Johnson Mt.Boys;
• Strong traditionalists of 90s:
  Traditional Grass, Warrior River Boys, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Paul Adkins, Sidemen;
• More traditional bluegrassers today:
  Gary Brewer, New Dominion Bluegrass, Big Country Bluegrass, Barry Berrier;
• Singing historicians of traditional bluegrass:
  Dick Kimmel, John Wright, Daniel Gore;
• Progressive bluegrass bands:
  Country Gentlemen, Seldom Scene, NBB, J.D.Crowe & New South, Reno Brothers;
• Contemporary male bluegrass groups:
  Lonesome Standard Time, Special Consensus, Southern Rail, Rarely Herd, Radio Flyer;
• Contemporary female bluegrass groups:
  New Coon Creek Girls, Sidesaddle, Petticoat Junction, Blue Rose, Good Ol' Persons;
• Hot contemporary bluegrass performers:
  Chris Jones, Jeff White, Gary Ferguson Band, Lynn Morris, Carolina, Livewire;
• Brand new strong contemporary bluegrass soloists and bands:
  Jeanette Williams, Scottie Sparks, Mountain Heart, Grass Cats;
• Today's TOP-40 bluegrass artists:
  Lonesome River Band, Blue Highway, IIIrd Tyme Out, Continental Divide, Ch.Sizemore;
• Bluegrass bands with exceptionally high energy:
  Bluegrass Etc, Schankman Twins, Longview, Union Springs, Gibson Brothers, Sand Mtn;
• New emerging talented bluegrassers:
  Kate MacKenzie, New Vintage, Tina Adair, Dale Ann Bradley, Beagles, Becky Schlegel;
• Less-known contemporary bluegrass acts:
  SummerVilla, Dog Run Boys, Kevin Williamson, New Tradition, Kathi & Kellie Hinton;
• Family bluegrass and acoustic country bands:
  Forbes Family, Fox Family, The Abeels, The Nobles, The Ware Brothers, Wild & Blue;
• Some excellent local musicians:
  Silver Cloud Tradition, Bluefields, Clay County, Home Cookin', Hickory Hill;
• More less-known amateur bands:
  Chicago Bluegrass Band,Long Overdue,Chicken String Band,Chickamauga Creek Band;
• Czech (CZH) strong progressive bluegrass bands:
  Druhá Tráva, Lubos Malina, Relief, Early Grass Revival;
• Switzerland (SWI) famous bluegrass superstars:
  Krüger Brothers, Jens Krüger;
• Bluegrass music even from Brazil (BRZ)!:
  Erio Meili Band;
• Fine other international bluegrassers:
  McCaffery & Gloaguen (FRA), Hot Steam String Band (SWE), Totte Bergström (SWE);
• Modern bluegrass (popgrass?) singers:
  Alison Krauss, Claire Lynch, Cox Family, Eddie Adcock Band, Cluster Pluckers;
• On-The-Edge & Rocking acoustic country-folk-bluegrass:
  Judith Edelman, Kim Wood, Foxfire, Sam Bush, The Masters, Bad Livers, Steve Earle;
• Newgrass founders:
  New Grass Revival, Country Cooking, Old & In The Way, Muleskinner, John McEuen;
• Bluegrassified mainstream pop experimental projects:
  The Groovegrass Boyz (Macarena);
• West-Coast bluegrass legends:
  Hillmen, Vern Williams Band, High Country, Laurie Lewis, Kathy Kallick;
• West-Coast bluegrass contemporary performers:
  Laurel Canyon Ramblers, Acousticats, Andy Rau Band, Cache Valley Drifters,N.Pacific;
• Bluegrass pioneers from Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, etc.:
  Sugarbeat, Loose Ties, Bluegrass Patriots, Marty Warburton Band, Elliott's Ramblers;
• North & North-East region's original bluegrass-sound bands:
  Northern Lights, Salamander Crossing, WayStation, Art Stevenson & High Water;
• Bluegrass-Gospel masters:
  Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Bass Mountain Boys, Front Range, Paul Williams;
• Powerful entertaining Gospel groups:
  Jerry & Tammy Sullivan, Robin & Linda Williams, Isaacs, New Horizon;
• Bluegrass-Gospel with Southern-Gospel flavor:
  5 For The Gospel, Lewis Family;
• Less-known Gospel singers and musicians:
  The Gordons, Debbie Lee, Misty Valley Boys, Village Singers, CrossTies;
• Grassy artists who can't fit in one style only:
  John Hartford, Tim O'Brien, Laurie Lewis, Marley's Ghost, Andrew Roblin;
• Talented multi-instrumentalists:
  David Johnson, Mark Schatz, Cody Kilby;
• Fiddling legends:
  Chubby Wise, Benny Martin, Kenny Baker, Vassar Clements, Richard Greene;
• Fiddling greats:
  Mark O'Connor, Byron Berline, Johnny Gimble, Kenny Kosek, Bobby Hicks;
• Young master fiddlers today:
  Aubrey Haynie, Stuart Duncan, Jason Carter, Jimmy Campbell, David Crow, Bullas;
• Mandolin legends:
  Bill Monroe,David Grisman,Roland White,Jesse McReynolds,Andy Statman,Sam Bush;
• Mandolin greats:
  Butch Baldassari,Mike Compton,John Reischman,Andy Owens,Butch Waller,T.Rozum;
• Young mandolin wizards:
  Ronnie McCoury, Matt Flinner, Chris Thile, Ashby Frank, Katsuyuki Miyazaki;
• Banjo masters:
  Alan Munde, Bill Keith, John Hickman, Pete Wernick, Bill Emerson, Eddie Adcock;
• Emerging banjo players:
  Bill Evans,Craig Smith,Sammy Shelor,Larry Perkins,Lynwood Lunsford,Dan Knowles;
• Acoustic guitar virtuosos:
  Tony Rice,Russ Barenberg,Dan Crary,Beppe Gambetta,Steve Kaufman,Norman Blake;
• New professional guitar players:
  Richard Bennett, Wyatt Rice, Scott Nygaard, Robin Kessinger, Chris Sharp;
• Less-known or emerging fine acoustic guitarists:
  Mo Canada, Bull Harman, Terry Eldredge, Kenny Smith, Jon Sholle, Bob Heyer;
• The one and only flat-picking Dobro man:
  Tut Taylor;
• Resophonic guitar traditionalists:
  Brother Oswald, Josh Graves, LeRoy Mack, Gene Wooten;
• Resophonic guitar swinging (not only) masters:
  Mike Auldridge, Fred Travers, Junior Barber;
• Resophonic guitar contemporary young legends:
  Jerry Douglas, Rob Ickes, Sally VanMeter, Stacy Phillips, Phil Leadbetter;
• Less-known fine resophonists today:
  Carl Bailey, Harold East, Steve Toth, Tim Graves, Ferrell Stowe;
• Unique acoustic bass virtuosos:
  Edgar Meyer, Rob Wasserman, Mark Schatz, Marshall Wilborn;
• Original super bassman:
  Victor Wooten;
• New-acoustic music masters:
  Mark O'Connor, Tony Trischka, Tony Furtado, David Grier, Slavek Hanzlik, S.Austen;
• Emerging young bands of unique new-acoustic music style:
  Zubot & Dawson, The Henrys, NewGrange;
• Jazzgrass & Dawg-music experimentators:
  Bela Fleck, TonyRiceUnit, David Grisman, Alison Brown, Gordon Stone, Psychograss;
• Jazzgrass & folky fiddlers:
  Darol Anger, Chad Clouse;
• Hillbilly jazz riders:
  Vassar Clements, Johnny Gimble;
• Classical-like-grass music ensembles and artists:
  Nashv.Mandolin Ens., Evan Marshall, Fiddle Fever, Daniel Kobialka, Summer Church;
• Hammered Dulcimer music finest:
  No Strings Attached, Evan Carawan, John McCutcheon;
• Folk-bluegrass harp players:
  Debbie Brewin-Wilson;
• Even some bluegrass harmonica players:
  Mike Stevens, George Thacker;
• And unique special bluegrass acts:
  Charles River Valley Boys, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Circle), Bluegrass'95...'99;
• Traditional folk-revivalists:
  New Lost City Ramblers, Mike Seeger, Kingston Trio, Red Clay Ramblers;
• Contemporary country-folk singers:
  The Frontmen, Michael Johnathon, Ramblin'Jack Elliott, The Cantrells, Rick Lee;
• Contemporary grassy singer-songwriters:
  Tom Paxton, Nanci Griffith, Iris DeMent, Gillian Welch, Kate MacLeod, Steve Spurgin;
• Some independent singer-songwriters:
  Mark Witman, Al Grierson, Rik Palieri, Paula Joy Welter, Darryl Purpose, Mike Breen;
• Contemporary folk-pop, folk-rock or classical-like-pop singers:
  Chesapeake,Mike Cross,Barbara St.John,Rebb Firman,Derek Swain,Jack Kid,Lenore;
• Eclectic folksters:
  Rachel Bissex, Annie Wenz, Kamm & McDonald, Harvey Keene, Bill Hudson;
• Mountain, Coal-miner's & Union songs troubadoures:
  Hazel Dickens, Alice Gerrard, Elaine Purkey, Phil Cohen, Jones & Leva;
• Singing cowboys:
  Roy Rogers, Riders In The Sky, Ian Tyson, Skip Gorman, Ken & Simone MacKenzie;
• Good old-style country duet harmony singers:
  Blue Sky Boys, Louvin Bros, Whitstein Bros, Crowe & McLaughlin, Bell & Grant, Judds;
• Early commercial acoustic country icons:
  Johnny Cash, Roy Acuff, Wilma Lee Cooper;
• Acoustic country contemporary stars:
  John Starling, Rhonda Vincent, Barry & Holly Tashian, Stevens Sisters;
• Acoustic country superb newcomers:
  Valerie Smith, Nancy Moore, Julie, Wil Maring (GER);
• Independent traditional country singers:
  Terry Smith,Smokey Greene,Mike Cornett,Eldreths,Lonnie Lynne LaCour,RadioActive;
• Canadian roots-country artists:
  Diamond Joe White, Terry Phelps;
• Even some acoustic bluesmen and slide-fans:
  Doc & Merle Watson, Peter Lamson, Doug Cox, Ken Hamm, John Fahey;
• And some grassy-feeling world music samples:
  Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Kukuruza;
• And of course, artists who are simply GREAT in every music style:
  Peter Rowan, Tim & Mollie O'Brien, Kathy Chiavola, Valerie & Walter Crockett;
• Plus also some finest popular singers who feel perfect in every format:
  Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Sweethearts of The Rodeo.

Finding out the recordings for airplay here has been a problem all the time. Asthis radio-programming is the first and the only source to introduce suchmusic to the Estonian audience, there's no BlueGrassRoots recordings availablein local CD-stores and warehouses here and we have no distributors carryingthem in our country. Our country is too small and regular CD-prices are stilltoo high for our people. Many of the CDs I air here I have bought myself atthe regular retail price from various mail order companies and Internet-basedrecord stores in US. But I want to thank also some record companies and manyindependent artists who have offered me their promotional services and/orDJ-discounts:

Special thanks to the promotional departments (and their persons) ofTurquoise Records (Lesa Neace), Rounder Records Group (Leland Stein),Pinecastle/Webco Records (Will Gailey & Shonda Byrd), KBC Music (KirkBrandenberger), Alcazar Productions (Jennifer Harwood), Mountain Home Records/ Crossroads Marketing, Demon Records in England (Alan Robinson), RebelRecords (Katrina Hurt, Burgess Hurd & Mark Freeman), Sugar Hill Records(Gail High & Lynn Lancaster), Hay Holler Records (Kerry Hay), CymekobEntertainment (John Olson), Red House Records (Megan Rubiner Zinn), MarimacRecordings (Gayle MacBride), Compass Records (Kimberly Baum & BradleyWilliams), Sierra Records (Dana Thorin), Folk Era Records (Ian Shaw), DoobieShea Records (Tim Austin & Jeanette Williams), Legend Records (HowardWalker), Red Clay Records (Toshio Watanabe), Hidden Water Records andPromotion (Julie Meloni), Continental Record Service (Bert Pijpers), PoetManRecords USA (Mandy Snaider), Bell Buckle Records (Kraig Smith), Acoustic Disc(Craig Miller & Rob Bleetstein), Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings, WaterbugRecords (Andrew Calhoun), Copper Creek Records (Gary Reid), RME Music (MikeArmistead), Czech Polygram (Petr Kraus), Dreamworks Records, White Oak Records(Hank Edenborn), Six Degrees Records (Lisa Nishimura), Sound Art Records(Butch Baldassari), E-Squared Records (Elisa Sanders), Grapevine Label (SineadTroy), Alula Records (Tess Mangum), Tricopolis Records (Mike Nadolson), LiveOak Records (Peter Thompson), Newtime Records (Greg Miller), Chrome Records(Chris Munson), Double Time Music (Martina Metzger), Thoroughbred Records /Daywind Music Group, Signature Sounds Records (Flora Reed) and others fortheir help! (Listed in historical-chronological order).

Thanks also to many independent artists, promoters and simply fans like (inhistorical order) Jim Edwards, Paul Franklin, Ola Wennstedt, Lynn 'Chirps'Smith, Lisa Shively, John Black, Al Grierson, Steve Toth, Rik Palieri, RickLee, J. Stephen Coyle, Annie Wenz, Marla Bodi, Mark Witman, Gary Saylin, JohnWright, Rachel Bissex, Doug Cox, Eleanore McDonald, Mark McCartney, DickKimmel, Carol Mallett, Anne Abeel, The Nobles, Chet Ware, Luanne Price, KathyChiavola, Tracy Spring, Janet Newsom, Melvin Turbyfill, Michaela O'Brien,Kenneth McCaffery, Glenna Canada, Tim Graves, Gary Gordon, Debbie Lee, KimWood, Linda Bolton, Barbara Saint John, Susan Nikas, Rich Stillman, TomMacomber, Linda Rouse & Home Cookin' Band, Raymond McLain, Mike Phelan,Richard MacKenzie, Darryl Purpose, Elliott Rogers, Art Stevenson, Rebb Firman,Vicki Schankman, Valerie Crockett, Paula Joy Welter, Mike Cornett, Mike Breen,Totte Bergström, Scott Rouse, Jon Weisberger, Lonnie Lynne LaCour, TerrySmith, Andrew Roblin, Barney Issen, Jim D'Ville, Tut Taylor, Derek Swain,Holly Tashian, Carolyn Sturgill, Tim White, Trisha Tubbs, Mike Kelsey, PhilCohen, Ronald Hale, Arnie Naiman, Rick Malis, Neal J.Backues, Phil Leadbetter,Harvey Keene, Daniel Gore, Terry Phelps, Jack Kid, Andy Owens, Tom & BettyDruckenmiller, Steve Dawson, Dan Knowles, Jerry Wicentowski, Kit Swaggert, WilMaring, Debbie Brewin-Wilson, Gene Kennedy, Becky Schlegel, Julie Griffin,Chad Clouse, Bill Hudson, Bob Heyer, Ivo Drbohlav, Chip Covington, Erio A.Meili, Zbynek Bures, Terry Smith, Rhonda Vincent, Ton Maas, Jim Nelson, JudySmarr, Steve Kaufman, Bull Harman, Harold East, Jan Harvey, Paul Moffett, LynnFrank, Jim & Karina Glaspy, Sam Sanders, Long Overdue Band, Lenore Elaineto name a few... (Sorry if I missed you from this long list - updated onJanuary,1,2000).

MY PERSONAL FAVORITES:

1) ARTISTS - Peter Rowan, Jerry Douglas,Alison Brown, Tim O'Brien, Bela Fleck, NewGrange, Tony Rice, Richard Bennett,Laurie Lewis, Zubot & Dawson, Gordon Stone, Judith Edelman, Stacy Phillips,Mollie O'Brien, Becky Schlegel, Relief, Quicksilver, Daniel Kobialka, DavidGrisman, The Henrys, Darol Anger, Phil Leadbetter, Rob Ickes, Ferrell Stowe,Jens Krüger, Gillian Welch, Psychograss, Richard Greene, Vishwa MohanBhatt, Aubrey Haynie, Doug Cox, Edgar Meyer, Norman & Nancy Blake, MarkSchatz, Butch Baldassari, Fred Travers, Jimmie Rodgers, Schankman Twins, IIIrdTyme Out, Northern Lights, Salamander Crossing, Druha Trava, WayStation,Slavek Hanzlik, Iris DeMent, Jeanette Williams, Valerie Smith, David Johnson,Julie, Jerry Wicentowski, Chris Sharp.

2) ALBUMS - Common Chord (Grisman/Kobialka), Skip, Hop & Wobble(Douglas/Barenberg/Meyer), Strang (Zubot & Dawson), Uncommon Ritual(Meyer/Fleck/Marshall), Ways That Are Dark (Daniel Gore), Heritage (DarolAnger), NewGrange (NewGrange), Philibuster (Phil Leadbetter), Stacy & Paul(Phillips/Howard), Crossings (Tony Rice), GGT Trio (Gray/Green/Travers),Perfect World (Judith Edelman), Changing Channels / Plant Early (JerryDouglas), Revival (Gillian Welch), Yonder (Rowan/Douglas), Walking Down TheLine (Richard Bennett), Like Minds (Psychograss), Doin' My Time (AubreyHaynie), Mike Auldridge (Mike Auldridge), Bluegrass Boy (Peter Rowan), Leavesin The Wind (Relief), Live at The MAC (IIIrd Tyme Out), This Lonesome Song(Becky Schlegel & True Blue), Duality (Schankman Twins), A Day In TheCountry (Butch Baldassari), Bourbon & Rosewater (Bhatt/Douglas/Meyer), AMeeting By The River (Bhatt/Cooder), Tabula Rasa (Bhatt/Fleck/Chen).