"Big Al" hosts:
- "Country Homestead": (with Maz - his horse) Sunday 6pm-9pm
- "Hillbilly Heaven": (bluegrass) Tuesday 9am-12pm and
- "Paddys' Bar": (Irish) Wednesday 2pm-4pm
Big Al's - Hillbilly Heaven
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PlaylistBig Al's Hillbilly Heaven program on Shoalhaven FM is devoted to bluegrass and country music with a strong leaning to listeners requests.
Leading bluegrass record labels provide Big Al with the latest releases from artists such as:
- Alison Krauss

- Rhonda Vincent
- Tim Gibson
- The Perfect Strangers
- The Village Singers
- Nothin' Fancy
- Ricky Scaggs
- Tom T Hall
- Bill Monroe
- The Wilkinsons
- The Dixie Chicks
- Uncle Earl
- The Williamson Brothers
- The Dominion Bluegrass Band
- Special Consensus
- Karen Lynne
- Kenny & Amanda Smith Band
- And many more ....
Labels supplying bluegrass CD's include Sugar Hill, Shock Records, Pinecastle and Rounder.
Hillbilly Heaven goes to air on Tuesdays between 9am and Noon, with bluegrass featured for the first hour.
Country music from around the world is presented in the final two hours with listeners providing an input with their requests.
Big Al does telephone interviews with artists around 10.30am, showcasing new CD's.