Citr -- Pacific Pickin'

Today we salute the life of Ralph Stanley with one set of music--we'll do a longer tribute next week. As well, we feature Balsam Range who will be headlining at the Darrington Bluegrass Festival this coming weekend. Plus, of course, more birthdays and new music to celebrate.

We have a special radio show segment from 1953 featuring early Flatt & Scruggs as well as our usual birthday salutes and new music!

We played some Frank Solivan from his new album in honour of his appearance in Vancouver tomorrow night! We have a lot of birthdays to celebrate and some tasty new music to share.

We have some great new music plus a special five song tribute to the Bluegrass Storyteller, James King, who passed away this week.

We have a special artist feature in tribute to Johnny Gimble who passed last year...still miss his fiddling. Lots of birthdays to celebrate and some brand-new off-the-shelf music for you!

Our artist feature is in honour of the Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper concert in Vancouver tomorrow night! We have lots of birthdays to celebrate this week. And of course, there's some new music too!

Our artist feature is Caleb Klauder in honour of his concert in Vancouver this week! Lots of birthdays and some great new music as usual!

Artist feature is in honour of the birthday of Mac Martin who turns 91 today! More birthdays to celebrate and some great new music!

Our artist feature is the Nashville Bluegrass Band in honour of the birthdays of Pat Enright and Roland White! Lots of birthdays to celebrate and some great new music too!

Our artist feature celebrates the life of Merle Haggard who passed away last week. RIP Merle, you will be missed. Lots of birthdays to celebrate this week and a bit of new music including the new song from The Spinney Brothers!

April Verch is our Artist Feature...Happy Birthday April! New music and more birthdays to celebrate. Congratulations to Pharis and Jason Romero on their Juno win!

Artist feature is in honour of Beverly Smith. Beverly has a brand new CD with John Grimm and a recent CD with Alice Gerrard, both new to Pacific Pickin' Central this week. We added a track from an earlier CD with Carl Jones. Mighty fine old-time music! Plus more birthdays and new music to celebrate!

Artist feature is Charlie Poole in honour of his birthday!

Our artist feature is in honour of the late Louis Myers of SXSW and Folk Alliance International. Lots of new music and birthdays to celebrate.

Our Salute to International Women's Day - all the songs except the two themes were written by women songwriters with three special sets saluting Cindy Walker, Dixie Hall and Hazel Dickens.

Our Annual FUNDRIVE show....lots of premiums still up for grabs. Call 604-822-8648 and let them know you are donating to Pacific Pickin'. Thanks in advance.

A memorial tribute to the late Kim Williams, a gifted songwriter as well as our usual birthday celebrations and new music!Don't miss our FunDrive show next week...lots of great premiums for our loyal donors.

This week, we celebrate the birthdays of Don Rigsby and Dudley Connell with some fine music from Longview. More birthdays and some great new music too!

A good love is hard to find in Bluegrass and Old Time Music so we "celebrate" the consequences of love in our extended artist feature plus lots of birthdays to celebrate and one sad memorial as well as some great new music!

Artist feature is in honour of the birthday of Del McCoury. Lots of birthdays to celebrate and some great new music!