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Based on airplay during June, as reported by 144 DJs to the folk-dj list, songs from the Kathy Kallick Band’s “Between the Hollow & the High-Rise” were broadcast 67 times, which made it the second-most played album on all the folk-ish radio shows. (Some bluegrassers send playlists to this group.) While this is only a fraction of the actual radio shows out there, it’s a significant achievement, especially for an independent record company. Thanks to all for their support!TOP ALBUMS OF JUNE 2010
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 12244 airplays from 144 different DJs
1: “Courage,” Si Kahn [Strictly Country, released 5/10] (90 plays)
2: “Between The Hollow And The High-Rise,” Kathy Kallick Band [Live Oak, new] (67)
3: “The Age Of Miracles,” Mary Chapin Carpenter [Zoe, 4/10] (47)
3: “Some Strange Country,” Crooked Still [Signature, 5/10] (47)
5: “Resurrection Blues,” Ernest Troost [Travelin’ Shoes, 10/09] (45)
6: “Leave Your Sleep,” Natalie Merchant [Nonesuch, 4/10] (38)
6: “Love Is Strange,” Jackson Browne And David Lindley [Inside, 5/10] (38)
6: “Up On The Ridge,” Dierks Bentley [Capitol, new] (38)
TOP SONGS OF JUNE 2010
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 12244 airplays from 144 different DJs
1. “Peace Will Rise” (15) by Si Kahn from “Courage”
1. “Shoulders” (15) by Si Kahn from “Courage”
3. “Where Is My Little Cabin Home” (14) by Kathy Kallick Band from “Between The Hollow And The High-Rise”
4. “We Are Each Other’s Angels” (13) by Katie Geddes from “We Are Each Other’s Angels”
5. “Dad’s Yard “(12) by Catie Curtis from “Hello, Stranger” also “Truth From Lies”
5. “Mercury Blues” (12) by Jackson Browne And David Lindley from “Love Is Strange”
7. “4 June 1989” (11) by Mary Chapin Carpenter from “The Age Of Miracles”
7. “Cornbread And Butterbeans” (11) by Carolina Chocolate Drops from “Genuine Negro Jig”
7. “My Old Man” (11) by Steve Goodman from “Say It In Private”
19. “Cindy” (8) by Kathy Kallick Band
19. “There’s A Higher Power” (8) by Kathy Kallick Band
TOP ARTISTS OF JUNE 2010
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 12244 airplays from 144 different DJs
1. Si Kahn
2. Kathy Kallick Band
3. Mary Chapin Carpenter
4. Crooked Still
5. John Prine
6. Ernest Troost
7. Darrell Scott
8. Red Molly
9. Natalie Merchant
10. Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald
11. Dierks Bentley
11. Sally Spring
13. Jackson Browne & David Lindley
14. Cloudstreet
14. Greg Brown
16. The Infamous Stringdusters ...
TOP LABELS OF JUNE 2010
Compiled by Richard Gillmann from FOLKDJ-L radio playlists
Based on 12244 airplays from 144 different DJs
1. Rounder
2. Red House
3. Sugar Hill
4. Compass
5. Signature
6. Greentrax
7. Columbia
8. Borealis
9. Nonesuch
10. Strictly Country
11. Appleseed
12. Waterbug
13. Capitol
14. Zoe
15. Live Oak
15. Smithsonian/Folkways
17. Green Linnet
17. Travelin' Shoes
17. Vanguard
20. Rebel
Thanks to all who have given songs and tunes from the album some spins! We haven’t seen playlists by DJs other than these, but know that we are most grateful to all on this list for their support.
Nick Barr - Bluegrass Time
WAMC - Albany NY - and syndication
Katy Daley - Bluegrass Country
WAMU - Washington, DC
Lee Michael Dempsey - Bluegrass Country
WAMU - Washington, DC
David Sears - Folk Show
WBGU - Bowling Green, OH
Steve Albert - Blue Lake Public Radio
WBLV/WBLU - Twin Lake MI
Jeff Boudreau & Russ Bellemer - In the Tradition
WCUW - Worcester, MA
Mike Fitzgerald - Fitzgrass
WEBR - Northern Virginia
Kevin Elliott - From the Joshua Tree Inn
WEFT - Champaign, IL
Rich Warren - The Midnight Special
WFMT - Chicago (and syndication)
Bob Mitchell - Sunday Bluegrass
WFPK - Louisville KY
Hank Janney - The HJ Bluegrass Show
WGTY - Gettysburg, PA
Acoustic Alternatives
WHFR - Dearborn, MI
Amy Orlomoski & Jim Beaver - Bluegrass Cafe
WHUS - University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Susan Forbes Hansen - The Sunday Night Folk Festival
WHUS - University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Larry Bomar - The Farm & Poultry Show
WIVG - Memphis, TN
Sonja Hedlund - Ballads and Banjos
WJFF - Catskills, NE Pennsylvania, Upper Delaware Valley
John McLaughlin - Roots & Wings
WMUC - College Park, MD
Katie Laur - Hills Of Home
WNKU - Highland Heights, KY
Bob Weiser - The Old Songs' Home
WOMR - Provincetown, MA
Mike Horyczun - On the Horizon
WPKN - Bridgeport, CT
John Weingart - Music You Can't Hear On The Radio
WPRB - Princeton, NJ
Joe Gierlach - The Blue Yodel #9
WRFL - Wilmore, KY
Jim Gilliland - Roll Away The Dew
WRUW - Cleveland, OH
Ken Campbell - Saturday Night Folk
WSKG - Binghamton, NY
Mark Tobler - The Folk Show
WTUL - New Orleans, LA
Al Kniola - The Back Porch
WVPE - South Bend/Elkhart, IN
Norm Mast - The Back Porch
WVPE - South Bend/Elkhart, IN
Maggie Ferguson - The Old Front Porch Radio Show
WXOU - Auburn Hills, MI
John Trout - Traditional Ties
WYEP - Pittsburgh, PA
Ken Batista - An American Sampler
WYEP - Pittsburgh, PA
Joe Colvin - Down Home Bluegrass
WYSO - Yellow Springs, OH
Hazel the Delta Rambler - Old Time Country & Bluegrass
WWOZ - New Orleans, LA
JoAnn Mar - Folk Music & Beyond
KALW - San Francisco, CA
Kevin Vance - A Patchwork Quilt
KALW - San Francisco, CA
Peter Thompson - Bluegrass Signal
KALW - San Francisco, CA
Al Shusterman - Backroads Bluegrass
KCBL - Sacramento
Richard Gillmann - The Outskirts
KBCS - Bellevue, WA
Andrew Doerr - Roadtunes Sessions
KCSB - Santa Barbara, CA
Frank Hoppe - Bluegrass, Etc.
KCSN - Los Angeles
Rik James - Americana Backroads
KGLT - Bozeman, MT
Jackie Loken - The Moonlight Trail
KKUP - Cupertino, CA
Various - Monday Nite Bluegrass
KKUP - Cupertino, CA
Tom Diamant - Panhandle Country
KPFA - Berkeley, CA
Ray Edlund - Pig in a Pen
KPFA - Berkeley, CA
David Gans - Dead To the World
KPFA - Berkeley, CA
Larry Kelp - Sing Out!
KPFA - Berkeley, CA
Mary Tilson - America's Back 40
KPFA - Berkeley, CA
Mary Katherine Aldin - Alive And Picking
KPFK - Los Angeles, CA
Laurel - Crossroads
KRBS - Oroville, CA
Stephen Harris - Grass Roots Revival
KRCC - Colorado Springs, CO
Conway Gandy - Where it All Began
KRFC - Ft. Collins, CO
Tom Pittman - Folkways
KUT - Austin, TX
Dennis Brunnenmeyer - Nevada City Limits
KVMR-FM - Nevada City, CA
Sarah Bellum - That's Not Bluegrass
KZSU - Stanford, CA
Bruce Ross - Sunny Side Up
KZSU - Stanford, CA
Geoff Morris - Wall-To-Wall Bluegrass
worldwidebluegrass.com
Joe Stutzman - Heartland Bluegrass
www.bluegrassmix.com
Brian McNeal - Prescription Bluegrass Radio
www.PrescriptionBluegrass.com
Todd Tyson - Crossroads
The Point - Montpelier, VT
George McKnight - Uptown Bluegrass
CFBX - Kamloops, BC, and syndication -
and WAMU’s Bluegrass Country
Jim Marino - Smokin' Bluegrass
CFMU - Hamilton, Ontario
Various - In the Pines
CFRO - Vancouver, BC
Charlie Hansen - Bluegrass Island
CFCY - Cornwall, Prince Edward Island
Steve Pritchard - Radio Boogie
CIUT - Toronto, Ontario
Val Cormier - Folk Oasis
CiTR - Vancouver, BC
Arthur Berman - Pacific Pickin'
CiTR - Vancouver, BC
Gerry Goodfriend - Folk Directions
CKUT - Montreal, Quebec
Mike Kear - Music From Foggy Hollow
Hawkesbury Radio - Sydney, Australia
and WAMU’s Bluegrass Country
Menachem Vinegrad - WorldWaves
Radio Upper Galilee - Katzrin, Israel
Jan N. Evenhuis - Countrymusic Round-Up
Netherlands
Rein Wortelboer - PeelGrass
Radio Venray - The Netherlands
Gerd Stassen - Hillbilly Rockhouse
Countrymusic24 Radio - Berlin, Germany
Hansjoerg Malonek - Folk & Country
Radio ISW - Waldkraiburg, Germany
Allan Nelson - Twangfest
University Radio York - England, U.K.
Here’s the cover of our new CD. We’re really glad to be able to share some of our music with you, and appreciate the early positive responses.
If you’d like a copy, it’s available through CD Baby
Here’s what’s on it:
KATHY KALLICK BAND: Between the Hollow & the High-Rise
- Kathy Kallick: guitar, lead vocals (except as noted), harmony vocals
- Tom Bekeny: mandolin, harmony & lead vocals
- Dan Booth: acoustic bass, harmony & lead vocals
- Greg Booth: dobro, banjo, harmony vocals
- Annie Staninec: fiddle, harmony vocals
- Where Is My Little Cabin Home (Kathy Kallick) MP3 (3.4 MB)
- Whistle Stop Town (Kathy Kallick) MP3 (sample)
- There's A Higher Power (Charlie & Ira Louvin via Marshall Family;
arrangement and additional lyrics: Kathy Kallick) MP3 (sample) - My House (Kathy Kallick) MP3 (sample)
- Panhandle Rag (B. Pye via Leon McAuliffe instrumental) MP3 (sample)
- Lonesome Night (Carter Stanley) - Dan: lead vocal MP3 (sample)
- The Snow (Kathy Kallick) MP3 (sample)
- New White House Blues (traditional; arrangement and additional lyrics:
Kathy Kallick & Peter Thompson) MP3 (sample) - Girl Next Door (Kathy Kallick) MP3 (sample)
- Come Walk With Me (Josh Graves via Wilma Lee Cooper and The Whites)
- Tom: lead vocal MP3 (sample) - Monobrow (Greg Booth instrumental) MP3 (3.1 MB)
- (Get Along Home) Cindy (traditional; arrangement and additional lyrics:
Kathy Kallick Band - Dan: lead vocal MP3 (sample) - Wildflowers (Kathy Kallick) MP3 (sample)
- Winterlight Aire (Tom Bekeny instrumental) MP3 (4.9 MB)
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Tom Size at Tomland, Pacheco, CA
Photography by Anne Hamersky
Graphic design by Lisa Berman
Live Oak Records 540 © 2010
Where Is My Little Cabin Home?
(Kathy Kallick, Red Shirt Pub. Co./BMI)
When I left home I never knew
What everybody said would turn out true
I looked homeward but I can’t go back
No old homeplace for me
I’ve been looking real hard with both of my eyes
For a nice little place that’s just the right size
Between the holler and the high-rise
There’s a little cabin home for me
CHORUS:Now down by the river would be so sweet
Oh, where is my little cabin home
A place that I can finally call my own
Unpack all the books and records and the phone
Oh, where is my little cabin home?
Beneath the shade of a big oak tree
Not too much, but it won’t be free
There’s a little cabin home for me
I’ve got a friend with a cold water shack
Just her and the fiddle and two big cats
Now the landlord doubled the rent on that
Is there a little cabin home for her?
Next to the little cabin home for me
CHORUSBetween the holler and the high-rise there’s
A little cabin home for me
We had two fabulous Bay Area album release celebrations at the Freight & Salvage (Berkeley) and Redwood Bluegrass Associates’ venue (Mountain View) before embarking on a three-week tour of Europe. We performed—in the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Germany, and Denmark—at the European World Of Bluegrass gathering, the Spring Bluegrass Festival, a Mother’s Day show, a school workshop, and ten additional concerts. There are lots of photos and videos on the Facebook pages of various band members, and we’ll get some here soon.
Thanks so much to all the presenters, all the people who helped us in so many ways, all the friends & fans, old & new, and, especially, to Martino Coppo from the Italian band, Red Wine, who played mandolin and sang with us at every show. (Tom wasn’t able to make the trip, but is back with the KKB at Grass Valley.)
photo by Darwin Davidson
photo by Darwin Davidson
Here we are bidding “Ciao” to Martino after three wonderful weeks.
Kathy Kallick Band steps out “Between The Hollow And The High-Rise”
By Travis Tackett
June 9, 2010
BluegrassJournal.com
West Coast Bluegrass artists the Kathy Kallick Band have a brand new project available entitled “Between The Hollow And The High-Rise.”
In the promotional material for the new album, Kallick expands on the meaning of the CDs title. “Many people have come to bluegrass in a round-about way, without growing up with it, without living in rural Kentucky, Tennessee or Virginia. This is the case with me and the members of this band; We were all born in urban environments, not really from the shiny glass and metal of downtown, and not from the piney woods, but somewhere in between.”
After a quick listen, Kallick and Company quickly dispell any ideas that their urban up-bringing might somehow be an obstacle to making music that’s true to the genre’s roots. The Kathy Kallick Band plays hard-drivin’ traditional bluegrass that harkens back to the dirt-floor rural up bringing of those who laid the music’s foundation long ago. And make no mistake they do a great job of it on “Between The Hollow And The High-Rise.”
“Between The Hollow And The High-Rise” features a near 50/50 split of originals penned by Kallick and covers from other songwriters and a couple of instrumentals tunes (“Panhandle Rag” and “Monobrow”) that put the spotlight on Greg Booth’s sizzling Dobro. The opening cut “Where Is My Little Cabin Home,” a Kallick original, sets the tone for the disc, touching on a theme Kallick says “harkens back to a bluegrass ideal that symbolizes, stability, family and a love.”
The instrumental side of the Kathy Kallick Band features a solid group of musicians but for my ears Greg Booth’s dobro really shines on the disc. Booth pushes the flash aside, instead opting for those 1 or 2 notes in a run that take it to a whole new level. I found myself constantly hitting the rewind button.
The Kathy Kallick Band features Tom Bekeny (mandolin, vocals), Dan Booth (acoustic bass, vocals), Greg Booth (dobro, banjo, vocals) Annie Staninec (fiddle, vocals) and of course Kathy Kallick (guitar, vocals).
All in all, “Between The Hollow And The High-Rise,” features a selection of material that should leave most any fan of tradtional bluegrass yearning for more. The album features a great mix of well written, heart felt originals, great arrangements with some subtle twists and turns that are sure to please a mindful ear.
The Kathy Kallick Band’s “Between The Hollow And The High-Rise” is currently available through CountySales.com, CDBaby.com, DigStation.com or you can purchase a copy directly at any Kathy Kallick Band performance.
In March, 2009, Kathy (on acoustic bass & vocals), Paul Shelasky (fiddle), Keith Little (banjo, vocals), Butch Waller (mandolin, vocals), and Lisa Berman (dobro) joined bluegrass pioneer Mac Martin for three concerts. Mike Melnyk came to the RBA show in Mountain View on 3/21, and photographed Mac & the California Travelers at the soundcheck, in concert, and in a makeshift studio. Click here to see what he got.
The new edition of The Kathy Kallick Band played for the first time in February, 2009—at Rancho Nicasio and at the Noe Valley Ministry as part of the San Francisco Bluegrass & Old Time Festival. Photographer Mike Melnyk was at the SF show on 2/13, and you can see the results here.
