Back Porch Bluegrass Show

Back Porch Bluegrass Show

Free FM

Episodes 152
Avg. Duration 58m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.8 (65)
Since Jun 2023
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Schedule
Weekly
Consistency
87%
Hosting
feeds.accessmedia.nz

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About This Podcast

Host Paul Trenwith is a founder member of the Hamilton County Bluegrass Band, playing banjo and occasionally singing harmony parts. From the mid-70's to the mid-90's, Paul and his fiddle-playing wife Colleen played as mostly gospel music, bluegrass-style, with a group of friends, and often featuring songs that Paul had written. He has become something of a musical 'jack-of-all-trades', playing banjo, dobro, pedal steel and rhythm guitar. He also plays double bass in the Hamilton-based Irish band. Paul has always been an enthusiastic advocate for and promoter of bluegrass music, and the show includes tracks from the classic bands, the traditional stylists and contemporary groups as well as some 'roots' bluegrass and new-grass. NZ and Australian bluegrass gets an airing, and every show includes some of his personal favourites.

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Recent Episodes

Back Porch Bluegrass Show - 09-06-2026

Jun 09, 2026 58m

Music for show #700 has been taken from new CDs (2026) and my old LPs. Lots of variation of the genre here! From Bill Monroe through to You Me Everybody, with tracks from Ricky Skaggs, Lindsay…

Back Porch Bluegrass Show - 02-06-2026

Jun 02, 2026 58m

Show originally aired on June 7, 2022. I’ve found some 1950’s ‘classic’ bluegrass for you, as well as some great music from Sawmill Road, Nu-Blu, Tony Rice and even NZ’s own Hamilton County…

Back Porch Bluegrass Show - 26-05-2026

May 26, 2026 58m

The ‘theme’ song of this show, aptly titled ‘Back Porch Bluegrass’, kicks off, and then we have some great music from the Kody Norris Show, the Lynn Morris Band, Kenny Baker playing a tune (about my…

Back Porch Bluegrass Show - 19-05-2026

May 19, 2026 58m

We start the show with a very driving Dobro tune, then feature some fine performers, including David Grisman, the Gibson Brothers, banjo picker Jim Mills, and the Bluegrass Album Band. Claire Lynch…

Back Porch Bluegrass Show - 12-05-2026

May 12, 2026 56m

I’m using three LPs on this episode of the Back Porch Bluegrass Show, meaning I’m digging deep into my archives. Country Gazette, the Johnson Mountain Boys, and John Hartford all feature from the…

Back Porch Bluegrass - 05-05-2026

May 05, 2026 57m

We kick off with a banjo tune named after a being from Greek mythology (or a place in NZ), then feature some of my favourites – the Country Gentlemen, Sawmill Road, John Hickman, and the Osborne…

Back Porch Bluegrass - 28-04-2026

Apr 28, 2026 58m

Some bluegrass, some old-timey, some Gospel. The Hamilton County Bluegrass Band kick off the show with a twin banjo duet, the we have Seldom Scene, the New Vintage Bluegrass Band, the Kentucky…

Back Porch Bluegrass - 14-04-2026

Apr 14, 2026 58m

A broad range of the bluegrass genre in this episode of Back Porch Bluegrass, from the rather ‘rocky’ Dierks Bentley to the solo performance of some fine finger-style guitar from Doc Watson. In…

Back Porch Bluegrass - 07-04-2026

Apr 07, 2026 56m

We’ve just had Easter Weekend, and this show includes some great gospel songs with an Easter inclination, then we have recordings from the NZ National Banjo Pickers Conventions in the late 1960’s,…

Back Porch Bluegrass - 31-03-2026

Mar 31, 2026 57m

It’s almost Easter Weekend, so I’ve included some gospel songs in this show, including the Stanley Brothers’ classic ‘Cry From The Cross’. We’ve also got songs from Flatt & Scruggs, Kathy Kallick…

Back Porch Bluegrass - 24-03-2026

Mar 24, 2026 58m

Tony Rice kicks off the show, followed by Billy Strings & his Dad, the Dillards with some fine banjo picking, and Nu-Blu with a song from the writing of Nanci Griffith. Curly Seckler, Chris…

Back Porch Bluegrass - 17-03-2026

Mar 17, 2026 58m

I’ve just returned from visiting old friends in Australia, and some of the music in this show includes recordings we made together back in the 1970’s, with Anne Kirkpatrick, and Country Sound.…

Back Porch Bluegrass - 10-03-2026

Mar 10, 2026 57m

This show previously aired 8-03-2022 Emerson & Waldron – great band from the 1970’s - kick off proceedings, with a real mixture of bluegrass styles from diverse bands to follow, including Kenny…

Back Porch Bluegrass - 03-03-2026

Mar 03, 2026 58m

Classic bluegrass from the Bluegrass album Band, some ‘older’ recordings from johnny Whisnant, the Lilly Brothers and the New lost City Ramblers, and some contemporary bluegrass/country from Lorraine…

Back Porch Bluegrass - 24-02-2026

Feb 24, 2026 58m

A broad range of bluegrass offerings in this episode, from Bill Monroe singing gospel, to the fiddle & banjo tunes of Byron Berline & John Hickman. In between, we’ve got the Chapmans,…

Back Porch Bluegrass - 17-02-2026

Feb 17, 2026 58m

A very diverse collection of bluegrass in this episode, from the 80+ year-old Stoneman Sisters, to the stalwarts of classic bluegrass, the Bluegrass Album Band. Dan Tyminski, Barry & Holly…

Back Porch Bluegrass - 10-02-2026

Feb 10, 2026 58m

If you’re in the South Island, NZ, then ‘Kindred Spirit’ will be playing near you this week or next (when they’re not fishing!). And if you’re in the North Island, NZ, then get your tickets for ‘You,…

Back Porch Bluegrass - 03-02-2026

Feb 03, 2026 57m

I’m delighted to be advertising TWO imminent bluegrass tour in NZ, one with NZ band ‘You, Me, Everybody’ to promote their new album, and one with the North Carolina-based duo ‘Kindred Spirit’. I’ve…

Back Porch Bluegrass - 27-01-2026

Jan 27, 2026 58m

An eclectic collection of bluegrass styles in this episode, from Bill Monroe to the Lost Pines. American Drive play some hard-driving bluegrass, the Waller Brothers have a couple of duets, the…

Back Porch Bluegrass - 20-01-2026

Jan 20, 2026 58m

Bluegrass music continues to provide us with a wide variety of musical influences and styles, from slow country ballads, story songs, bouncy instrumentals to hard-driving pieces about a wide variety…

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