





Hosts: Sharon Sandomirsky and Ted Branson.
Host Schedule:
May 26 Ted
June 2 Ted
June 9 Ted
June 16 Ted
June 23 Sharon
June 30 Sharon
July 7 Ted
July 14 sharon
July 21 ted
July 28 Sharon
Strictly Bluegrass, which airs every Sunday morning from 10:00 a.m. until noon is one of the first programs on KOOP radio and the only radio program dedicated to playing Bluegrass music in Central Texas.
For information on bluegrass jams, shows, and festivals, visit the Central Texas Bluegrass Bluegrass Association website..To send comments or requests to the Strictly Bluegrass hosts send e-mail to strictlybluegrass@koop.org >
Host Biographies:
Sharon Sandomirsky:Programmer of Record
Sharon has been involved in music all her adult life and has played with such bands as the well-known Fuzzy Mountain String Band as well as two collaborations with Alice Gerrard. Sharon currently plays guitar and sings with the central Texas bands "The Harmony Sisters" and various Old Timey String Bands. Sharon also co-founded the Sugar Hill Records label.
Ted Branson
Ted Branson arrived in Austin, Texas 35 years ago, has traveled all over North America and acquired a huge music collection on Vinyl and CD. After meeting and seeing Don Stover perform in a Brooklyn Ontario house concert 1971, Ted received a Framus 5 string banjo for Christmas, began jamming in Bluegrass Festival campgrounds, playing on street corners , watching acts perform like The Earl Scruggs Revue, Doug Dillard, John Hartford, The Country Gazette, The Country Gentlemen, Osborne Bros , The Seldom Scene , Doc and Merle Watson, Bill Monroe, Jimmy Martin and Mac Wiseman. Ted is a frequent Strictly Bluegrass DJ/programmer as well as hosting "A Blues Groove" and "Under the X in Texas" on KOOP Radio every Tuesday morning 8:00AM to 11:AM.