Down Yonder

12/06/2025

This Morning on Down Yonder on TheRootsFM.org : 12.6.2025

It's the first Saturday of the last month of the year, and that means today's show focuses on recent releases, fresh cuts of grass you might not have heard yet. Listen for fresh grass from Ashby Frank, The Po' Ramblin' Boys, Ralph Stanley II & The Clinch Mountain Boys, Sister Sadies, The Onlies, and others. Listen live at 11:00 am on TheRootsFM.org or on the TuneIn Radio app. See you yonder ... and beyond.

12/03/2025

Tune into BEYOND tonight at 10 pm on TheRootsFM.org

At 10 pm tonight, join me as we explore music from beyond the edges of bluegrass. Tonight's show features music from The Wooks, Crooked Still, Cadillac Sky, Bryan Sutton, and others. Listen live at 10 pm on TheRootsFM.org. See you yonder ... and beyond.

11/29/2025

The grand finale to the Grand Ole Opry's 100th anniversary celebration last night.

By and by, Lord, by and by…”The Opry cast came together to sing “Will The Circle Be Unbroken” during the Opry 100: A Live Celebration which has been dubbed o...

11/26/2025

It's ten o'clock. Do you know where you newgrass is?

It's on BEYOND on TheRootsFM right now and for the next hour. Listen in at TheRootsFM.org or on the TuneIn Radio app.

11/26/2025

Tonight on BEYOND on TheRootsFM, 10 pm

Join me at 10 pm tonight on TheRootsFM as we explore music from the edges of bluegrass. Tonight's show kicks of with some classic newgrass from the vault (Butch Robins, New Grass Revival, Dillard & Clark) before moving on to some of today's avant-grass artists (Infamous Stringdusters, Off The Rails, I'm With Her). Also, we'll visit with banjoist Wes Corbett about DRIFT, his stunning album of original instrumentals on which he's joined by an all-star cast of bluegrass's finest players. That's all coming up tonight at 10 pm on BEYOND on TheRootsFM.org, also available on the TuneIn Radio app.

10 track album

11/24/2025

Yonder Calendar

Fri 11.28 ~ One Way Traffic hosts their Third Annual Second Helping show at the Old Rock House, 1200 South 7th, St. Louis. Front Porch opens. 8 pm

Sat 11.29 ~ Bob Bovee at The Focal Point, 2720 Sutton, Maplewood MO, 8 pm

Sun 11.30 ~ The South City Serenaders play for the Childgrove contra dance at the Monday Club, 37 South Maple, Webster Groves MO, 7-9:30 pm

Listen to Down Yonder, Saturday mornings from 11 to 1 pm Central, and to Beyond, Tuesday nights at 10 pm, onTheRootsFM.org, a volunteer-operated web station based in St. Louis.​CONCERT EVENTS, CLUB SHOWS, AND FESTIVALS AROUND ST. LOUISNOVEMBER

11/22/2025

Today on Down Yonder on TheRootsFM : 11.22.2025

Today's date is 11.22 -- that's two pair, so today's show is going to be a Double Play Saturday featuring two cuts by each artist. And, as an added bonus, in many cases there will be a guest artist who then becomes the featured artist for the next double play. Also, in the second hour I'll air my visit with Stephen Mougin. For 19 years, he's played guitar and sung with The Sam Bush Band. In addition to recording and performing with his wife, Jana Mougin, he runs the Dark Shadow Recording label, home to artists like Becky Buller, Rick Faris, the Henhouse Prowlers and others. He was just awarded the IBMA Award for Recording Engineer of The Year (though I say "Sound Engineer" during our interview; gentleman that he is, Stephen does not correct me). Listen live at 11 am on TheRootsFM.org and on the TuneIn Radio app. See you yonder ... and beyond.

Home page of Stephen Mougin, from Joelton, TN

11/18/2025

Yonder Calendar

TONIGHT 11.18 ~ Shadowgrass at The Old Rock House, 1200 South 7th, St. Louis. Doors 7 pm, Show 8 pm

​Thu 11.20 ~ Larry & Joe at The Focal Point, 2720 Sutton, Maplewood MO, 7 pm

Listen to Down Yonder, Saturday mornings from 11 to 1 pm Central, and to Beyond, Tuesday nights at 10 pm, onTheRootsFM.org, a volunteer-operated web station based in St. Louis.​CONCERT EVENTS, CLUB SHOWS, AND FESTIVALS AROUND ST. LOUISNOVEMBER

11/13/2025

John Hartford's reflections on Vassar Clements, handwritten on 3x5 index cards, his preferred vehicle for note-taking. Man, I wish I could have heard the triple fiddles of John, Vassar, and Byron, yeah buddy!

John and Vassar, plus Old & In The Way, Aereo-Plain, and Vassar's fiddle. It's all right here, in John's own words. John kept a lot of writing on 3x5 index cards, and filed them all away for reference. We don't know if he wrote these thoughts about Vassar Clements in 1993 for a book or

11/13/2025

Yonder Calendar

Sat 11.15
~ Big Love Car Wash at the Shoe Tree Listening Room, 616 West Tampa, Springfield MO, 7-9 pm
~ The HillBenders at The Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville IL, 7:30 pm. The Mound City Slickers open.

Sun 11.16 ~ George Paul & Rinn Netherton play for the Childgrove contra dance at the Monday Club, 37 South Webster, Webster Groves MO, 7-9:30 pm

Tue 11.18 ~ Shadowgrass at The Old Rock House, 1200 South 7th, St. Louis. Doors 7 pm, Show 8 pm

Listen to Down Yonder, Saturday mornings from 11 to 1 pm Central, and to Beyond, Tuesday nights at 10 pm, onTheRootsFM.org, a volunteer-operated web station based in St. Louis.​CONCERT EVENTS, CLUB SHOWS, AND FESTIVALS AROUND ST. LOUISNOVEMBER

11/13/2025

This Saturday on Down Yonder on TheRootsFM.org : 11.15.2025

The third show of the month means it's time for another Triple Play Saturday featuring three cuts from each artist. This week, there's a twist...

The nominees for the Grammy Awards were announced last week. In the first hour, I'll play three cuts by each artist nominated for Best Bluegrass Album -- two cuts from their Grammy-nominated album and one from their back catalog.

Last Friday, I went down to Springfield MO to see the Sam Bush Band perform at the Gillioz Theatre. Sam's old friend Alan Munde, now a Springfield resident, dropped by to sit in on a couple of tunes. I got the chance to visit with Sam and Alan -- and with Jimmy Rea of The The HillBenders, who opened for Sam and who perform at The Wildey Theatre in Edwardsville this Saturday. In the second hour, I'll play three cuts by Alan, Sam, and The HillBenders between excerpts from my visits with them.

Listen live at 11:00 am on TheRootsFM.org or on the TuneIn Radio app. See you yonder ... and beyond.