CiTR -- Pacific Pickin'

Pacific Pickin’ brings you the best in bluegrass plus its roots and branches: old time, classic country, rockabilly, western swing and whatever jumps off the shelves at us. Most shows have an artist feature and a gospel set. Hear the historical recordings and the latest releases right here.

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    Artist Feature - In Memoriam Roland White
    We salute the life of Roland White this week as we mourn his passing in our artist feature sets. We have lots of birthdays to celebrate and a bit of new music. Enjoy and Stay Safe!
    5 April 2022, 1:00 pm
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    Artist Feature - Paul Williams
    In honour of his birthday we are featuring Paul Williams from the early years of his performing career with some songs from the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers as well as some songs with Jimmy Martin as well as his own band The Victory Trio. We also have some other birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Enjoy and Stay Safe!
    29 March 2022, 1:00 pm
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    Artist Feature - Charlie Poole
    On his birthday, we celebrated the music of Charlie Poole, some of which he sang and some of which we picked others performing his songs. We also had other birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Enjoy and stay safe!
    22 March 2022, 1:00 pm
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    Artist Feature - In Memoriam Mac Martin
    Our artist feature is a memorial to the late, great Mac Martin. Not as well known as some of the other artists of his generation, Mac provided some solid Bluegrass to Bluegrass fans in the Eastern US, particularly in his home area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We have some birthdays to celebrate and new music to introduce to you. Enjoy and stay safe!
    15 March 2022, 1:00 pm
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    International Women's Day
    We salute International Women's Day for 2022 by playing some of the pioneers and some of the later women involved in Bluegrass music. We could have used four hours this week and still only scratched the surface of the great music. Enjoy and stay safe!
    8 March 2022, 2:00 pm
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    Artist Feature - Mike Compton
    In honour of his birthday, we salute Mike Compton in our artist feature set. We have some birthdays to celebrate and some new music too! Enjoy and stay safe!
    1 March 2022, 2:00 pm
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    Artist Feature - Slocan Ramblers
    The Slocan Ramblers are on tour and will be in the Lower Mainland this week so played a set in honour of that! We also had some birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Enjoy and stay safe!
    22 February 2022, 2:00 pm
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    Artist Feature - Longview
    Dudley Connell and Don Rigsby are having birthdays this week so we featured Longview in their honour. Lots of birthdays to celebrate this week and some great new music. Stay Safe!
    15 February 2022, 2:00 pm
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    FUNDRIVE SHOW - Artist Feature - In Memoriam Don Humphries
    The songwriter Don Humphries died this past week so we are saluting his life by playing some of his Bluegrass songs on the show this week. Plus we have some birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Enjoy! Stay Safe! Donate to the FunDrive at city.ca/donate Thank you for support!!!
    8 February 2022, 2:00 pm
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    Artist Feature - In Memoriam Dallas Frazier
    The great songwriter Dallas Frazier died a couple of weeks ago so we salute his life with some great Bluegrass versions of his songs. Plus we have some birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Stay Safe!
    1 February 2022, 2:00 pm
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    Artist Feature - In Memoriam Randall Massengill
    Another sad loss in the Bluegrass community this week with the passing of Randall Massengill who we pay tribute to in our artist feature set. Please we have some birthdays to celebrate and some great new music. Stay safe!
    25 January 2022, 2:00 pm
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