WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show

Series produced by Brian Aust

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Image by: Meg Gibson Art 

Exploring the sonic continuum between traditional bluegrass and all that jazz connotes in a 2-hr weekly program. ALL SHOWS ARE EVERGREEN. They will either sound fresh any time OR are contextually specific to a season (e.g., "Summerama," "Spring Resurgence" etc.) or in some instances a date on the calendar (e.g., "Radio Independence" is for the 4th of July), but do not expire and will sound relevant at any future corresponding time.

Often thematic and always illuminating, JazzGrass offers listeners fabulous sounds of bluegrass, jazz and artists that blend these along with other styles together. If you’ve been craving a radio show featuring outstanding music that typically never receives airplay, this is the show to satisfy a craving you may not have known ever existed. Features traditional & progressive music, virtuosic acoustic & hybrid electro-jamgrass, and virtuosic jazz. Artists featured include & were inspired by: Bill Monroe, The Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs, J.D. Crowe & The New South, Doc Watson, Jerry Douglas, Tony Rice, Peter Rowan, Hot Rize, David Grisman's "Dawg" style, Bela Fleck, New Grass Revival, Infamous Stringdusters, Leftover Salmon, Django Reinhardt....plus the Jazz Masters of the 20th Century and beyond.


Additional Files

258 Pieces

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Decades (Vol.1) ~ The 1970s
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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Continuing the tour de force through the decades of bluegrass, jazz and the fusion of these styles in

  • Added: Jun 22, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:40
Decades (Vol.1) ~ The 1980s
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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A tour de force through the decades of bluegrass, jazz and that sonic fusion of musical exploration in between.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:40
Endless Summer (Vol.4)
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
Caption: Widow Skimmer, 6.20.21 Little River State Park, Credit: Brian Aust
A jazzgrass musical celebration of the onset (and onslaught) of high summer, the fourth of its kind in this collection with a playlist distinct fro...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:40
Decades (Vol.1) ~ The 1990s
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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A first pass whirlwind tour through the jazzgrass musicians of the 1990s

  • Added: Jan 01, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:40
Decades (Vol.1) ~ The 2000s
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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The second installment of "The Decades" series, exploring bluegrass, jazz and the sonic pathways connecting therein by ten-year intervals. This fi...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:40
Decades (Vol.1) ~ The 2010s
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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Kicking off a new miniseries of shows containing musical highlights through the decades in the genres of bluegrass, jazz and that slippery shapeshi...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:40
All Species Day (Vol.3)
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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An ode to all the species of life on Earth, celebrating the homegrown Vermont holiday of the first Sunday in May https://www.wcax.com/2021/05/02/al...

  • Added: May 02, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:40
Recent Releases #27
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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A WoodWarbler's JazzGrass thank you to all of the phenomenal musicians who play bluegrass, jazz and that shapeshifting sonic fusion of these styles...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:40
Recent Releases #28
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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So many great songs released in the past few years, so few minutes in each JazzGrass show to showcase an adequate sampling of them!

  • Added: Dec 08, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:40
Recent Releases #29
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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Standout recordings from the past couple of years in bluegrass, jazz and that sonic continuum of newgrass/alt-americana etc. in between

  • Added: Apr 29, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:40
Earth Day Special {Vol.4}
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
Caption: Ecology Flag
An all-new Earth Day (Is Every Day!!) special featuring bluegrass, jazz and sonic connective tissue previously unissued on the program.

  • Added: Apr 20, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:40
Labor Day Special
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
Caption: The host at his 'Job of Journeywork', Credit: Rowe Williams
Workingperson's bluegrass, jazz and connective sonic enjoyment between....

Bought by KMXT and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 30, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:40
  • Purchases: 2
Autumn Falls
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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JazzGrass bids a fond farewell to summer by ushering in the Fall with a seasonal blend of bluegrass, jazz and their musical entanglements in between.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:40
Communiqué
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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A jazzgrass set devoted to the art of, need for and all-too-often glaring lack of human communication.

  • Added: Apr 13, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:40
April Foolishness
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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Songs having to do with fools and the month of April

  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:40
When The Springtime Comes Again
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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A JazzGrass celebration of the vernal equinox...and beyond

  • Added: Mar 16, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:40
St. Patrick's Day Special
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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For the little bit'o'Irish in y'all.

Bought by WVTF


  • Added: Mar 09, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:40
  • Purchases: 1
Keep Yourselves Alive: The "Strange Days Have Found Us" Ultimate Pandemic Playlist
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
Caption: The Ides of Bob, Credit: Brian Aust
Extra-special extraction of WWJG, featuring the full playlist spun at the MidStation of Mad River Glen ski area's legendary Single Chairlift on Ma...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 11:46:40
Phishy Mountain Breakdown
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
Caption: Sugarbush Summer Stage, Fayston, VT 1995
Listening to the music of Phish over the past 3 decades brought me closer to both bluegrass and jazz than I ever could imagine while it was happeni...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:40
WinterFest
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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Ol' Man Winter has become something of a quaint anachronism from another time's forgotten space. This show celebrates the clear and necessary seaso...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2017
  • Length: 01:55:08

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