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Bluegrass Hour

Hosted by Evan Barrett

When he joined our VOWR family in 2018, Evan Barrett was one of the youngest volunteers in the station’s history.  Today, he is a vital component to the future of Wesley radio and his contributions to the station and its volunteers are immeasurable. Evan is a computer specialist and an accomplished musician with an uncanny ear for a beautiful melody.

He is the host of the Bluegrass Hour which airs every Monday at 4pm (2:30pm EST).  On his program, you will hear a delightful mix of Bluegrass, Country and Folk Music from a host of fascinating artists.  His vast knowledge of music past and present can be heard in his thoughtful song selections and his weekly quote will engage your mind and warm your heart.  

Check out these previous episodes of the Bluegrass Hour below:


Posters by Max Ford.

September 22nd, 2025

To love someone is nothing;
To be loved by someone is something;
To love someone who loves you is everything.

Bill Russell

Final Song:
Michael Martin Murphey – A Long Line Of Love

September 15th, 2025

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

Louisa May Alcott

Final Song:
Billy Joe Shaver – I’m Just An Old Chunk Of Coal, But I’m Gonna Be A Diamond Someday

September 8th, 2025

The most important kind of freedom is to be who you really are.

Jim Morrison

Final Song:
Bruce Cockburn – Free To Be

September 1st, 2025

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, and to love.

Marcus Aurelius

Final Song:
Van Morrison – Brand New Day

August 25th, 2025

Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and grateful heart.

Zig Ziglar

Final Song:
Sonny & Cher – I Got You Babe

August 18th, 2025

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

Anatole France

Final Song:
Alabama – Mountain Music

August 4th, 2025

The human spirit is like a rubber band. It can be stretched and pulled to its limits, but it always finds a way to snap back and bounce higher than before.

Maya Angelou

Final Song:
Charlie Rich – Life Has Its Little Ups and Downs

July 28th, 2025

The greatest use of a life is to spend it for something that outlasts it.

William James

Final Song:
C.S.N.Y. – Teach Your Children

July 21st, 2025

To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

Bill Wilson

Final Song:
Elton John – Your Song

July 14th, 2025

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.

Henry David Thoreau

Final Song:
Jim Croce – Time In A Bottle

July 7th, 2025

Coming together is a beginning.
Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success.

Henry Ford

Final Song:
George Strait – Love Without End, Amen

June 23rd, 2025

We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Final Song:
Masterless Men – Go Lassie Go

June 16th, 2025

When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble is too difficult to overcome.

Wilma Rudolph

Final Song:
Stevie Wonder – A Place In The Sun

June 9th, 2025

The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.

W.B. Yeats

Final Song:
Sam Cooke – Wonderful World

June 2nd, 2025

So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.

Christopher Reeve

Final Song:
Everly Brothers – All I Have To Do Is Dream

May 26th, 2025

Kindness in words creates confidence.
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
Kindness in giving creates love.

Lao-Tzu

Final Song:
Glen Campbell – Try a Little Kindness

May 19th, 2025

We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.

Nelson Mandela

Final Song:
Dolly Parton – Silver and Gold

May 12th, 2025

May you experience each day as a sacred gift, woven around the heart of wonder.

John O’Donohue

Final Song:
George Harrison – Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)

May 5th, 2025

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. The journey begins the moment you believe you can.

C.S. Lewis

Final Song:
Willie Nelson – Hands on the Wheel

April 28th, 2025

Be soft. Don’t let the world make you hard. Don’t let the pain make you hate. Don’t let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a wonderful place.

Kurt Vonnegut

Final Song:
The Beatles – Let It Be

April 21st, 2025

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday.

A.A. Milne (Winnie the Pooh)

Final Song:
Charley Pride – Roll On Mississippi

April 14th, 2025

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow. Today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live.

Dalai Lama

Final Song:
Don McLean – Till Tomorrow

April 7th, 2025

There is no paycheck that can equal the feeling of contentment that comes from being the person you are meant to be.

Oprah Winfrey

Final Song:
Porter Wagoner – A Satisfied Mind

March 31st, 2025

Goodbyes are only for those who love with there eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul, there is no such thing as separation.

Rumi

Final Song:
Billy Joel – Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)

March 24th, 2025

Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Albert Camus

Final Song:
James Taylor – Sweet Baby James

March 17th, 2025

Life is short, break the rules. Forgive quickly, kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that makes you smile.

Mark Twain

Final Song:
Tanya Tucker – I’ll Take Today

March 10th, 2025

Write it on your heart, that every day is the best day in the year.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Final Song:
Bill Withers – Lovely Day

March 3rd, 2025

Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Final Song:
Carol King – You’ve Got A Friend

February 24th, 2025

People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs.

Marianne Williamson

Final Song:
Johnny Cash – Peace In The Valley

February 17th, 2025

Though nobody can go back and make a new beginning. Anyone can start over and make a new ending.

Chico Xavier

Final Song:
John Denver – Song For The Life

February 3rd, 2025

If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

Roald Dahl

Final Song:
Bobby Bare – The Giving Tree

January 27th, 2025

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners that make our souls blossom.

Marcel Proust

Final Song:
Randy Travis – Forever And Ever, Amen

January 20th, 2025

There wouldn’t be a sky full of stars if we were all meant to wish on the same one.

Frances Elliot Clark

Final Song:
Merle Haggard – Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Star

January 13th, 2025

None of us have the power to make someone else love us. But we all have the power to give away love, to love other people. And if we do so, we change the kind of world we live in.

Harold S. Kushner

Final Song:
The Judds – Love Is Alive

January 6th, 2025

It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.

Robert H. Schuller

Final Song:
The Little Willies – Roll On