Steve Smith

A Banjo Bonanza   On Pastures of Plenty this week (November 27, 2024) we feature 90 minutes of Banjo music by some of the most prominent banjoists in all of music. In addition to Earl Scruggs, whose revolutionary 3-fingered style of playing came to define what is now called... Read more

  A Mandolin Extravaganza!   On Pastures of Plenty this week (October 23, 2024) we feature 90 minutes of Mandolin music by some of the most talented players of this mainstay of stringed music. David Grisman has played the Mandolin with nearly everybody who is anybody in B... Read more

On Pastures of Plenty this week (September 25, 2024) we feature 90 minutes of Dobro music by some of the most talented players of this beautiful, lyrical, and haunting instrument. The late Josh Graves is somewhat the godfather of the Dobro, the trade name the resonator gui... Read more

On Pastures of Plenty this week (August 28, 2024) we feature a look back at the late Jimmy Buffett, and the ballads that were a big part of his career. Buffett passed away from a rare form of skin cancer on September 1, 2023, and we devote this episode of Pastures of Plenty ... Read more

On Pastures of Plenty this week (June 26, 2024) we feature some old school folk music from the Golden Age of Folk including Peter, Paul & Mary, Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, The Brothers Four, The New Christy Minstrels, The Highwaymen, The Holy Modal Rounders, Fred Neil, Eric ... Read more

An Absolutely Irish Pastures of Plenty  On Pastures of Plenty this week (May 22, 2024) we feature the music of Ireland, showcased from a PBS program entitled "Absolutely Irish". Included are some of Ireland's best musicians including John Doyle, Séamus Egan, Eileen Ivers, T... Read more

On Pastures of Plenty this week (April 24, 2024) we honor the music of the late Pete Seeger, who would have been so tickled to hear the news of the successful union vote at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Seeger's birthday is on May 3, and the union vote by ... Read more

On Pastures of Plenty this week (March 27, 2024) we feature a globe-trotting group of artists with some great folk music from all over the world. We start in Canada with energetic fiddlers Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy, from their latest album "Canvas" with "Dance Arnol... Read more

Turn Your Radio On to the Good News Celebrated There On Pastures of Plenty this week (February 28, 2024) we feature the Good News of faith and joy found in Folk, Bluegrass and Gospel music. It's an historical fact that the roots of much of these idioms stems from the Church... Read more

Great New Acoustic Music   On Pastures of Plenty this week (January 24, 2024) we feature some great new music from Toronto. With a lineup that includes standup bass, fiddle and hypnotic banjo (and no guitar!!), the Lonesome Ace Stringband combines an old time stringband sen... Read more