This evening, 5-8pm eastern, on Worcester MA community radio WCUW, 91.3fm and streaming at wcuw.org.

William Smith Monroe (September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American musician who created the style of music known as bluegrass, which takes its name from his band, the "Blue Grass Boys," named for Monroe's home state of Kentucky. Monroe's performing career spanned 60 years as a singer, instrumentalist, composer and bandleader. He is often referred to as "The Father of Bluegrass."

The program will celebrate Bill Monroe's life and legacy. Confirmed guests by phone:
* Bill Keith, one time "Blue Grass Boy"
* Lorin Rowan, Peter's younger brother, who will talk about Bill's tour bus pulling into the yard of the family home in Wayland, Mass. when he was a teenager.
* Chris Wuerth, concert promoter, who will be presenting Peter Rowan (a one-time member of the "Blue Grass Boys") and Tony Rice in a Bill Monroe tribute tour.
* Other guests pending.

Your requests are welcome. Please call the studio line (508-753-2284) while the music is playing or (better) email ahead - jeffboudreau at wcuw dot org

During the program you can follow the playlist at
http://www.spinitron.com/r adio/playlist.php?station= wcuw 
If you purchase a CD through the link a portion of the sale goes to support WCUW.

After the program the playlist is posted to the program's notes area -https://www.facebook.com/InTheTradition?sk=notes as well as to NEFolknRoots -http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NorthEastFolknRoots/ and the Folk DJ list -http://lists.psu.edu/archives/folkdj-l.html

Thank you for supporting community radio WCUW and the artists we feature.

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Notes:

(1) Producers/artists/venues can snail mail events to the above address or by email to wcuw@wcuw.org.

(2) Artists interested in having their music played can send CD's and promotional material to:
WCUW
(music genre or program host)
910 Main Street
Worcester MA 01610