Kentucky’s Red Barn Radio will present their annual holiday concert this week, airing on Kentucky Educational Television (KET) and ABC36 in Lexington throughout the week.
Featured will be veteran Commonwealth bluegrass artists Hancock & Shouse, with a variety of special guests, in a program of Christmas and winter-themed music. They’ve technically missed the solstice by a day, but we won’t begrudge them that, as the duo and friends have put together a fine set of quality acoustic and bluegrass music.
Hancock & Shouse is Arthur Hancock and Chris Shouse, who we know from their time with The Wooks, The 23 String Band, and Wolfpen Branch. Among their guests on this week’s holiday extravaganza is Heidi Greer, an exceptional vocalist who performs with her husband as Heidi & Ryan.
As the Kentucky Winter Solstice special is pre-recorded, they have shared this set list, which nicely depicts the mix of material on offer.
- Christmas (Baby Come Home) featuring Heidi Greer
- Footprints in the Snow
- Rain and Snow
- 10 Degrees and Getting Colder
- Little Circles – Wooks 2016
- Don’t Have a Clue – Woldpen Branch 2021
- Love Please Come Home
- Sled Ridin’
- Silent Night
- Mary Did You Know featuring Heidi Greer
- Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer
- Santa Claus is Coming to Town
- Frosty the Snowman
- Christmas Times a Coming
- Beautiful Star of Bethlehem
- Walking in a Winter Wonderland
- Joy to the World
- Christmas (Baby Come Home) featuring Heidi Greer – Reprise
- Silent Night – Regina Music Box
The Red Barn Radio Kentucky Winter Solstice special can be viewed on KET on the following schedule:
- KETKY – 12/22 at 7:00 p.m.
- KET1 – 12/25 at 4:00 p.m.
- KETKY – 12/25 at 6:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m., 10:30 p.m.
- KETKY – 12/26 at 7:00 a.m.
- KETKY -12/27 at 12:00 noon
And on ABC36 on Christmas day at 5:00 a.m.
Both livestream their content, but KET’s signal is only available online within their broadcast area, which includes the state of Kentucky and some neighboring areas.
The show is also available on Wednesday evening, December 24, at 7:00 p.m. eastern on the Red Barn Radio livestream, which can be found on YouTube, Twitch, and Facebook.
Enjoy!
You can check out all the Christmas bluegrass we have covered at Bluegrass Today by following this link.
