Archival Bill Knowlton's Bluegrass Ramble on WCNY Classic FM

Sunday, August 2nd at 9 PM EDT, Bill Knowlton's Bluegrass Ramble features the 2010 show from the New York State Fair!

The featured bands are Dyer Switch, the Atkinson Family, and Remington Ryde! Listen on 91.3 in the Syracuse area; 89.5 in Utica, Rome and the Mohawk Valley; and on 90.9 in Watertown, Kingston ON, and the North Country.

Also in streaming audio at www.wcny.org and on many streaming apps and devices.

The Bluegrass Ramble is devoted to three hours of the best of bluegrass and old-time acoustic country music, both from national and regional bands and balladeers. The first Bluegrass band was formed in 1945 by country music pioneer Bill Monroe when he hired a young banjo picker from North Carolina named Earl Scruggs.

The Ramble also features 15-minute monthly radio performances by Canada’s Tom Wilson and Border Bluegrass, Bill and Maggie Anderson from Virginia, Central New York’s Diamond Someday and Kentucky’s Joe LaMay and Sherri Reese.

Knowlton, who lives in Liverpool, is known as “Mr. Bluegrass of Central New York.” He hosted the first all-bluegrass radio show in New York City in 1960. Knowlton arrived in Syracuse as a U.S. Air Force public affairs officer. In 1997, he was named “Broadcast Personality of the Year” by the International Bluegrass Music Association. He emcees at least 13 Bluegrass festivals every year and writes liner notes for bluegrass and old-time country music artists.