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Angus MacLachlan (left) of Winston-Salem, NC, wrote and directed the new independent film Abundant Acreage Available, set in rural North Carolina. Jeffrey Dean Foster, also of Winston-Salem, created the music. They discuss the story, the creative process, the use of sound, and music traditions on this Across the Blue Ridge episode.

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The new independent film Abundant Acreage Available makes its North Carolina and New York debuts, we hear a music-filled conversation with the film’s writer/director, Angus MacLachlan, and the creator of its music, Jeffrey Dean Foster. The film tells a story of doubt, regret, reckoning, and hope, set on an East Bend, North Carolina, farm. MacLachlan and Foster discuss with Across the Blue Ridge host Paul Brown the development of the musical and ambient sound components of the film, and how they relate to the telling of a complex and subtle story.

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Fiddler John Lewis, age 92, at his southwest Virginia home. He tells Across the Blue Ridge host Paul Brown about his early life, taking up music, and his career as a farmer, factory worker and fiddler.

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This week on Across the Blue Ridge, we take a field trip to see a senior fiddler, John “Johnny” Lewis, in southwest Virginia. He’s played music since early childhood, and now, at age 92, he’s in a good position to recall and reflect. Join host Paul Brown for this heartwarming visit and for lots of great music from John Lewis and the people who influenced him as a youngster. Also on the show, some wonderful songs performed by master artists Ralph Stanley, Peter Rowan, and Bill Monroe – songs that bring home the connections between gospel music, blues, and bluegrass. And there’s a segment on new recordings from some of today’s acoustic bluegrass and old-time music artists.

Episode 4 Playlist

1. I’m Lonesome Without You – Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys

Album: Great High Mountain 2. Wild Geese Cry Again – Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys

Album: Great High Mountain 3. Let Me Walk Lord By Your Side – Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band

Album: Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band: Legacy 4. New Mule Skinner Blues – Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys

Album: Bill Monroe: In the Pines 5. The Brakeman’s Blues – Jimmie Rodgers

Album: Essential Jimmie Rodgers 6. Walking Blues – Robert Johnson

Album: The Complete Robert Johnson 7. Natural Bridge Blues – John Lewis & the Rockbridge Pickers

Album: Rockbridge Pickers – Tunes Tested by Time 8. Honeysucle Rag – Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers

Album -- In the Pines: Tar Heel Folk Songs and Fiddle Tunes 9. Take Me Back to Tennessee – Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners

Album: Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners 10. Tom and Jerry – Uncle Dave Macon

Album: Go Long Mule 11. Mac’s Hoedown – Reno & Smiley

Album: 30 Fiddler’s Greatest Hits by the World’s Greatest Fiddlers 12. The Wreck of the Old 97 – John Lewis and the Rockbridge Pickers

Album: Rockbridge Pickers – Tunes Tested by Time 13. Roxanne Waltz – John Lewis and the Rockbridge Pickers

Album: Rockbridge Pickers – Tunes Tested by Time 14. Lost Indian – Seth Swingle

Album: Seth Swingle – Solo 5 And 6 String Banjo 15. If I Needed You – Kay Justice

Album: Kay Justice – Hickory Wind 16. Stripped Gears – Alan Kaufman & Don Stratton

Album: Alan Kaufman & Don Stratton – All in Good Time 17. Saranac – Alan Kaufman & Don Stratton

Album: Alan Kaufman & Don Stratton – All in Good Time 18. Big Bend Gal – Sunny Mountain Serenaders

Album: Sunny Mountain Serenaders – Big Bend Gal 19. Foggy Mountain Special – Earl Scruggs

Album: Flatt & Scruggs – Foggy Mountain Jamboree

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