Host Paul Trenwith is a founding member of the Hamilton County Bluegrass Band in NZ, playing banjo and occasionally singing harmony parts. Paul has always been an enthusiastic advocate for and promoter of bluegrass music, and the show includes tracks from classic bands, traditional stylists, and contemporary groups as well as some ‘roots’ bluegrass and newgrass. The show originally airs on FREE-FM in New Zealand and we rebroadcast it every Sunday at 5pm.
Back Porch Bluegrass - 18-02-2025
I'm playing tracks from some of my collection of 'compilation' albums today, because that gives me an opportunity to feature artists who we might not otherwise hear on the show. Although reasonably extensive, my LP and CD collection has large 'gaps' in...
Feb 18, 2025
Back Porch Bluegrass - 11-02-2025
The opening tune is my first self-composed instrumental, from 1969, played on my RB100 banjo, with it's rosewood fingerboard, hence the title of 'Rosewood Ramble'. We then hear from Mark Newton, master song-writer Larry Cordle, the dynamic young band F...
Feb 11, 2025
Back Porch Bluegrass - 04-02-2025
The legendary Johnson Mountain Boys, Live At The Birchmere, kick off this episode, and we've got some great bluegrass from my vinyl collection, including Del McCoury and Alison Krauss. Some contemporary music sneaks in, too, from the Kody Norris Show, ...
Feb 04, 2025
Back Porch Bluegrass - 28-01-2025
Lots of straight-forward bluegrass music on this episode, from the Bluegrass Album Band, Mac Wiseman, Lynn Morris, Emerson & Waldron, and Laurie Lewis. There's a double-banjo offering from Australian bluegrass icons, John Kane & Ian Simpson, and a two-...
Jan 28, 2025
Back Porch Bluegrass - 21-01-2025
This show remembers the huge contribution Buck White, who died on January 13th, has made to both bluegrass and country music. He, together with two daughters, has played memorable music since the early 1970's, and I have several tracks featuring him. W...
Jan 21, 2025
Back Porch Bluegrass - 14-01-2025
I've featured some top bluegrass here, both old and new (well, newer!) including the Kathy Kallick Band, the Sonoran Dogs, the Nashville Bluegrass Band, High Fidelity, Balsam Range, and even the Hamilton County Bluegrass Band. Earl Taylor and the Stone...
Jan 14, 2025
Back Porch Bluegrass - 07-01-2025
The first show for 2025, featuring a wide variety of bluegrass performers. You'll hear the Hagar's Mountain Boys, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Snuffy Jenkins, Joe Newberry and Larry Cordle, and that's in the first 20 minutes! New Vintage Bluegrass Band ...
Jan 07, 2025
Back Porch Bluegrass - 31-12-2024
It's the last show for 2024, and I've picked out some favourite tracks as well as some less-well-known tracks. In this show, you'll find Nothing Fancy, Niall Toner, the Forest Hills Bluegrass Band, Billy Strings, Raymond McLain, and the Bluegrass Albu...
Dec 31, 2024
Back Porch Bluegrass - 24-12-2024
It's Christmas Eve, and I'm playing some Christmas songs, some familiar, some not, but all good listening. I also get to talk to Anna Tukuitoga, singer and song-writer, banjo player, guitar player, about her music and music studies at Massey University...
Dec 24, 2024
Back Porch Bluegrass - 17-12-2024
Created by Free FM, Hamilton, New Zealand
Dec 17, 2024
