Bluegrass Diversion
Saturdays, 10am-1pm
Bluegrass Diversion is WMKY’s premiere weekly spotlight of bluegrass music. For more than 40 years, Bluegrass Diversion has showcased new and classic bluegrass and bluegrass gospel music featuring high-pitched tenors and tight harmonies, five-string banjos, fiddles, mandolins, acoustic guitars, and upright bass. Originating in 1984 by Lisa Lally, other program hosts included John Skaggs, Sandy Knipp, Bob Christian, John Ryster, and Becki Alfrey.
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“Bluegrass Diversion” is WMKY’s weekly showcase of bluegrass music, with a spotlight on music news, concerts and festivals, interviews, in-studio guests, and listener requests. -
A Rowan County man has been given the opportunity to teach his skills building string instruments to an apprentice through a grant program with Kentucky Arts Council Folk and Traditional Arts Grants. -
After more than a decade, a listener favorite returns to WMKY (90.3FM). Focusing on new and classic bluegrass, old-time, and traditional music, “Bluegrass Diversion” can be heard on Saturdays at 10 a.m.
