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Sunset over the Blue Ridge Mountains near Little Switzerland, NC.
Paul Brown
Our final weekly radio broadcast starts with a reminiscence on songcatching – tracing a song back through time and versions, listening for connections. We also consider the new video documentary Dance All Night – The Highwoods Stringband Story, which traces the impact of the Highwoods Stringband on generations of old-time musicians and enthusiasts during and following its six-year run in the 1970s. We close out with a few observations about music, its power to unite people of varied life experiences and backgrounds. Powerful songs and tunes bring us through the hour, as always. Even though broadcast episodes are ending, you’ll be able to access all 158 of our archived programs at www.acrosstheblueridge.net. Thanks for listening!
Playlist
- Western Country
Fields & Wade Ward
Uncle Wade - A Memorial to Wade Ward
Smithsonian Folkways 2. Hop Up Ladies
Fields Ward & The Bogtrotters
The Original Bogtrotters
Biograph 3. Riley & Spencer
Fields Ward
Fields & Wade Ward: Recorded in Galax, Virginia 4. Interview: Lonesome Road - Louise Brown
Louise Brown
field recording 5. Look Down That Lonesome Road
Gaither Carlton
The Watson Family
Smithsonian Folkways 6. Fall On My Knees
Tommy Jarrell & Fred Cockerham
Best Fiddle & Banjo Duets
County 7. Patrick County Rag
Turner & Marvin Foddrell
The Foddrell Brothers: Patrick County Rag
Outlet Recordings 8. Break 1 - Old Joe Clark
Robert Sykes & The Surry County Boys
Black-Eyed Susan
Heritage 9. Hawks & Eagles
Highwoods Stringband
Feed Your Babies Onions
Rounder 10. Interview - Larry Edelman
Larry Edelman
ATBR recording 11. Turkey In The Straw
The Skillet Lickers
The Skillet Lickers Vol. 1
Document 12. Interview - Larry Edelman
Larry Edelman
ATBR recording 13. Cousin Sallly Brown
Highwoods Stringband
field recording 14. Interview - Larry Edelman
Larry Edelman
ATBR recording 15. Old Joe Clark
Highwoods Stringband
field recording
Lynn Young 16. Break 2 - Cluck Ole Hen
Kyle Creed
Liberty
Mountain 17. Carolina Breakdown
Etta Baker
One Dime Blues
Rounder 18. Kansas City Railroad Blues
Benton Flippen
Old Time, New Times
Rounder 19. Wild Geese Cry Again
Ralph Stanley
Great High Mountain
Rebel 20. John Riley The Shepherd
Art Stamper
Goodbye Girls, I'm Going To Boston
County 21. Soppin' The Gravy
Paul Brown & Company
Red Dog
Ryland Records
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Paul Brown
This year’s holiday special includes gospel, old-time, bluegrass, country, jazz and blues songs of the season. Plus … a look back at Breaking Up Christmas parties in the Blue Ridge Mountains of generations past, with exclusive field interviews. This show will bring out memories, help you learn, and bring people of all generations and locales together around the holidays and wonderful American music traditions.
Playlist
- Christmas In The Mountains
Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers
Christmas In The Hills
Rebel 2. Christmas Waltz & Fum Fum Fum
Dan Crary
Holiday Guitar
Sugar Hill 3. Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem
Emmylou Harris
Light Of The Stable
Rhino 4. Christmas Time's a-Coming
Peter Rowan
Christmas Bluegrass
Welk 5. O Holy Night
Nat King Cole
The Christmas Song
Capitol 6. Hallelujah, It Is Done
Elizabeth Cotten
Shake Sugaree
Smithsonian Folkways 7. Christmas Holiday
Paul Brown
ATBR recording 8. Break 1 - Jingle Bells
Balsam Range
It's Christmas Time
Mountain Home 9. Breaking Up Christmas
Tommy Jarrell
June Apple
Mountain 10. Interview - Paul Sutphin & Eleanor Coalson
Paul Sutphin & Eleanor Coalson
ATBR recording 11. Interview - Paul Sutphin & Eleanor Coalson
Paul Sutphin & Eleanor Coalson
ATBR recording 12. Interview - Ray Alden
Ray Alden
ATBR recording 13. Cluck Old Hen
Tommy Jarrell, Kyle Creed, Paul Sutphin, Mac Snow
field recording 14. Interview - Ray Alden
Ray Alden
ATBR recording 15. Little Maggie
Fred Cockerham, Lawrence Lowe, Earnest East, Mac Snow, Paul Sutphin
field recording 16. Interview - Johnny Vipperman
Johnny Vipperman
ATBR recording 17. Breaking Up Christmas
Camp Creek Boys
Old Time String Band
County 18. First Snow
Tim O'Brien
Bluegrass X-Mas
Welk 19. Break 2 - Snow Shoes
Kenny Smith
Bluegrass X-Mas
Welk 20. Blue Christmas
Elvis Presley
Elvis' Christmas Album
RCA Victor 21. Swing Down That Chariot
Cooke Duet
Best Of Cooke Duet
Freeland 22. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Joseph Spence
Living On The Hallelujah Side
Rounder 23. That's Christmas Time To Me
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
Christmas Time With Ralph Stanley
Freeland 24. God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign
Toast String Stretchers
Wanted!
Toast String Stretchers 25. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Sweetback Sisters
The Sweetback Sisters' Country Christmas
The Sweetback Sisters
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Bill Hicks (right) grins with delight as he observes North Carolina fiddle master Tommy Jarrell at a fiddlers’ convention circa 1972. Hicks, a founding member of the Red Clay Ramblers and the Fuzzy Mountain String Band, passed away recently at age 75. We offer a remembrance, plus music of the bluegrass band Cullen’s Bridge, and much more in this ATBR episode.
Paul Brown collection, courtesy Bill Hicks
Old-time and bluegrass traditions run deep in the foothills and mountains of northwest North Carolina and southwest Virginia. Mickey Galyean & Cullen’s Bridge is an active bluegrass band from the region carrying the torch for the bluegrass sound. It’s named for one of the most highly respected bluegrass banjo pickers of the region – the late Cullen Galyean of Lowgap, NC, who was the father of bandleader Mickey Galyean. The band’s new album, Songs from the Blue Ridge, presents lots of new material, songs and tunes that are energetic, creative, yet clearly within the bluegrass idiom.
Also this week, we remember Bill Hicks, a founding member of the famed Red Clay Ramblers and the Fuzzy Mountain String Band, both outgrowths of the old-time music revival that gathered steam starting in the mid-1960s. Bill Hicks died recently at age 75. We’ll hear some of his music with the Ramblers and the Fuzzies. We’ll also revisit his thoughts on his early career from his interview with ATBR host Paul Brown at Muddy Creek Music Hall in 2017. Hicks was there with his group Craver, Hicks, Watson & Newberry. You may also be interested in this excellent in-depth remembrance of Bill Hicks by Richard Thompson in Bluegrass Today.
We wrap up the show with a great selection of old-time and bluegrass songs and tunes including solo banjo, ballad singing, and gospel.
Playlist
- Outback
Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge
Songs From The Blue Ridge
Rebel 2. The Convict & The Rose
Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge
Songs From The Blue Ridge
Rebel 3. John Henry
Bobby Harrison & Cullen Galyean
Let Me Fall - Old Time Bluegrass from the Virginia-North Carolina Border
Folkways 4. Heaven's Light Is Shining On Me
The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys
Old Time Camp Meeting Songs
Gusto 5. The Blue Ridge Mountains
Mickey Galyean & Cullen's Bridge
Songs From The Blue Ridge
Rebel 6. Sally Ann
Cullen Galyean
Let Me Fall - Old Time Bluegrass from the Virginia-North Carolina Border
Folkways 7. Break 1 - Soldier's Joy
Cullen Galyean
Let Me Fall - Old Time Bluegrass from the Virginia-North Carolina Border
Folkways 8. Piney Woods
Bill Hicks
The Fuzzy Mountain String Band
Rounder 9. Snowbird On The Ashbank
Fuzzy Mountain String Band
The Fuzzy Mountain String Band
Rounder 10. Interview - Bill Hicks
Bill Hicks
ATBR recording 11. Tying Ten Knots In The Devil's Tail
Craver, Hicks, Watson & Newberry
ATBR recording 12. The Telephone Girl
Red Clay Ramblers
Twisted Laurel
Flying Fish 13. Flying Cloud Cotillion
Red Clay Ramblers
Twisted Laurel
Flying Fish 14. The Falls Of Richmond
Fuzzy Mountain String Band
The Fuzzy Mountain String Band
Rounder 15. Break 2 - Peter Francisco
Fuzzy Mountain String Band
The Fuzzy Mountain String Band
Rounder 16. Things In Life
Jerry Douglas
Restless On The Farm
Sugar Hill 17. Railroad
The Bucking Mules
Smoke Behind The Clouds
The Bucking Mules 18. I'm Never To Marry
Texas Gladden
Texas Gladden
Rounder 19. Josie-O
Adam Hurt
Earth Tones
Ubiquitone 20. One More River
Dale Ann Bradley
Dale Ann Bradley
Pinecastle 21. Hang On
James Bryan & Carl Jones
Two Pictures
Martin Records
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atbr #craver #hicks #watson & newberry #fuzzy mountain string band #red clay ramblers #bill hicks #cullen galyean #mickey galyean & cullen’s bridge #mickey galyean
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This week’s show outlines what old-time and bluegrass music have in common – and what’s unique to each! It’s a listener request we’re fulfilling.
John Malinowski
Over the years, many people have asked us to explain what distinguishes old-time music from bluegrass, and vice versa. This week, we’re taking up the challenge. Join ATBR host Paul Brown for a little history; an audio tour of the main characteristics of old-time music and is more modern descendant, bluegrass; and the synthesis and invention that gave Bill Monroe’s style of music, now known as bluegrass, its distinctive identity. Along the way, you’ll hear a fabulous selection of outstanding, classic old-time, blues and bluegrass cuts. Not to be missed!
Playlist
- John Brown's Dream
Tommy Jarrell
June Apple
Heritage 2. Why Did You Wander
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
The Essential Bill Monroe Vol. 1
Sony 3. Early In The Spring
Dellie Norton
High Atmosphere
Rounder 4. Remember And Do Pray For Me
Lloyd Chandler
High Atmosphere
Rounder 5. Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Frank Proffitt
High Atmosphere
Rounder 6. Go Tell It On The Mountain
Fannie Lou Hamer & choir
Classic African American Gospel
Smithsonian Folkways 7. Way Down In My Soul
Friendly Four Quartet
WPAQ: The Voice Of The Blue Ridge Mountains
Rounder 8. Break 1 - Pike County Breakdown
Billy Baker
Mountains Of Music Homecoming 2015
Crooked Road 9. Outskirts Of Town
Josh White
Classic Appalachian Blues
Smithsonian Folkways 10. Lonesome Road Blues
Cousin Emmy
Cousin Emmy & Her Kinfolks
Bear Family 11. True Life Blues
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
The Essential Bill Monroe Vol. 1
Sony 12. Walking In The Parlor
The Hillbillies
Volume 1
Document 13. Ground Speed
Earl Scruggs
Foggy Mountain Banjo
Columbia 14. Toy Heart
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
The Essential Bill Monroe Vol. 1
Sony 15. Shady Grove
Norman Edmonds & The Old Timers
Norman Edmonds
FRC Field Recorders Collective 16. Break 2 - Twinkle Little Star
Lauchlin Shaw
Going Down To Raleigh: Stringband Music In The North Carolina Piedmont 1996-1998
Pine Cone 17. Cotton Eyed Joe
Camp Creek Boys
Old Time String Band
County 18. Sunny Side Of The Mountain
Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boyds
You Don't Know My Mind
Rounder 19. Shout Lula
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
Short Life Of Trouble
County 20. Sugar In The Gourd
John Ashby & The Free State Ramblers
John Ashby
FRC Field Recorders Collective 21. Take Me In A Lifeboat
Flatt & Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys
1947-59 Vol. 1
Bear Family 22. Sally Ann
Sidna & Fulton Myers
Clawhammer Banjo Vol. 2
County
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Fiddlin’ Bill Hensley (L, Ben Shahn, Library of Congress) and Jason Cade (R, Jamie Derevere) represent two ends of our story this week: the historic old time players whose music is preserved in early recordings, and today’s performers interpreting the old music and creating their own.
Jason Cade is a Georgia fiddler with roots all over the south, an artist who reveres the historic fiddlers of the past while contributing new interpretations, energy and new tunes to a longstanding tradition. His latest album, with Rob McMaken and several other friends, is Hog-Eyed Man – Old World Music of the Southern Appalachians. On this week’s show, it becomes the string through our story of musical evolution in the south. We hear fascinating performances of the past from greats including Fiddlin’ Bill Hensley, Marcus Martin, Manco Snead, Earl Murphy and others – plus tracks from Cade’s new album and recordings from some of his contemporaries. Be sure to take in this fascinating Across the Blue Ridge episode.
Playlist
- Redican's Trip To Appalachia
Hog-Eyed Man
Old World Music of the Southern Appalachians
Tiki Parlour Recordings 2. Cumberland Gap
Hog-Eyed Man
Old World Music of the Southern Appalachians
Tiki Parlour Recordings 3. Rymer's Favorite
Allen Sisson & John Burckhardt
Edison disc
Edison 4. Kentucky Winder
Hog-Eyed Man
Old World Music of the Southern Appalachians
Tiki Parlour Recordings 5. Billy In The Lowground
John Morgan Salyer
John Morgan Salyer
Berea College Appalachian Center 6. Break 1 - Snow Bird
Manco Snead
Byard Ray, Manco Sneed & Mike Rogers
FRC Field Recorders Collective 7. Saline County
Hog-Eyed Man
Old World Music of the Southern Appalachians
Tiki Parlour Recordings 8. 12 Rooms Upstairs
Earl Murphy
The Kitchen Session
Earl Murphy 9. Marcus Martin's Jig/Snowbird
Hog-Eyed Man
Old World Music of the Southern Appalachians
Tiki Parlour Recordings 10. Jenny Run Away In The Mud In The Night
Marcus Martin
When I Get My New House Done
SFC Southern Folklife Collection 11. Soldier's Joy
Bill Hensley
field recording
Library of Congress 12. Georgia Horseshoe
Hog-Eyed Man
Old World Music of the Southern Appalachians
Tiki Parlour Recordings 13. Georgia Belles
Manco Snead
Byard Ray, Manco Sneed & Mike Rogers
FRC Field Recorders Collective 14. Break 2 - Original Gray Eagle
Marcus Martin
When I Get My New House Done
SFC Southern Folklife Collection 15. Ninety Degrees
Brad Leftwich & Linda Higginbotham
The Lost Child
Dark Train Records 16. The Blackest Crow
Brad Leftwich & Linda Higginbotham
The Lost Child
Dark Train Records 17. Georgia Blues
Art Rosenbaum
Georgia Banjo Blues
Global Village 18. My Georgia Mountain Home
Hawk Proof Rooster
Got A Little Home
Hawk Proof Rooster 19. Cedar Waxwing
Hawk Proof Rooster
Got A Little Home
Hawk Proof Rooster
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atbr #jason cade #rob mcmaken #bill hensley #marcus martin #manco snead #earl murphy
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Hoot & Holler (L-R Amy Alvey & Mark Kilianski) are emblematic of a new generation of young adults from all over the U.S. who have taken up roots and traditional-style music with passion and commitment. They’re touring the country and the world playing traditional songs and tunes while also using their abundant skills and formal training to create strong new songs and tunes. Hear their music from a Muddy Creek Music Hall performance on this Across the Blue Ridge episode.
Paul Brown
A new generation of young adults with formal music training, a love of traditional music, and a strong commitment to performing and sharing music is at the forefront of a roots music surge in the U.S. and abroad. Among this group are Amy Alvey and Mark Kilianski, a duo calling themselves Hoot & Holler.
Guitarist and composer Kilianski was raised in New Jersey and claims no familiarity with old-time or bluegrass music before attending Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts and encountering students and some faculty who were embracing traditional styles. The same for fiddler Amy Alvey, raised in California but unaware, at the time, of the state’s long bluegrass tradition and its pockets of old-time music enthusiasm. When she got to Berklee, she found herself losing enthusiasm for the idea of a career in classical music. She too crossed paths with old-time, bluegrass and Celtic-inspired musicians on campus and in the wider Boston-Cambridge community. She changed the musical focus of her life. Today she lives out of her van, booking and performing gigs with Kilianski around the U.S. and around the world.
We hear Hoot & Holler’s music and performance style on this episode of Across the Blue Ridge recorded at Muddy Creek Music Hall in 2018. And we visit with Amy and Mark.
The show starts, as it frequently does, with a dive into classic repertoire of respected performers including the Dykes Magic City Trio, the Double Decker String Band, and bluegrass mandolin player and singer Bobby Osborne, who is still recording and performing at age 86.
It’s a generation-crossing, geography-defying, style-fusing episode of Across the Blue Ridge, making connections every step of the way.
Playlist
- Cricket On The Hearth
Crooked Road Ramblers
Always Been A Rambler
Crooked Road Ramblers 2. Johnny's Gone To War
Matokie Slaughter
Clawhammer Banjo Vol. 2
County 3. Shortening Bread
Dykes Magic City Trio
Dykes Magic City Trio
Old Homestead 4. Far Beyond The Skies
Dykes Magic City Trio
Dykes Magic City Trio
Old Homestead 5. Chased Old Satan
Double Decker String Band
The Rest Is Yet To Come
5-String 6. Just In Case
Bobby Osborne
Original
Compass Records 7. Break 1 - Tar & Feathers
Dillof Rice and the Cuyahogians
On The Job Too Long
Montana Peak Records 8. Leave Those Dreams Behind
Hoot and Holler
Reasons To Run
Hoot and Holler 9. Columbus Stockade Blues
Hoot and Holler
ATBR recording 10. The Fox Hunt
Hoot and Holler
ATBR recording 11. Sugar In My Tea
Hoot and Holler
ATBR recording 12. Interview - Hoot & Holler
Hoot and Holler
ATBR recording 13. Break 2 - Uncle Pen
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
In The Pines 14. Tipsy Two-Steppin'
Hoot and Holler
ATBR recording 15. Too Many Reasons To Run
Hoot and Holler
ATBR recording 16. Make A Move
Hoot and Holler
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atbr #amy alvey #mark kilianski #hoot & hollar #dykes magic city trio #the double decker string band #bobby osborne
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This week’s rebroadcast of a 2017 show celebrates fiddler Eddie Bond’s receipt of a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Bond fronts The New Ballard’s Branch Bogtrotters, a powerful and charming old time mountain string band with a rich history. Hear the band with Eddie Bond’s fiddling, singing and hilarious storytelling on this Across the Blue Ridge episode.
Eddie Bond
Fiddler Eddie Bond of the New Ballard’s Branch Bogtrotters has received a 2018 National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. The award recognizes tradition bearers for their outstanding artistry and for both preserving traditions and moving them forward. On this encore broadcast, we hear a fabulous Muddy Creek Music Hall stage performance from The New Ballard’s Branch Bogtrotters, one of the finest mountain string bands performing today. Hailing from southwest Virginia, the band is a dyed-in-the-wool old time group with a stylish sound and a driving beat you will love. Its name harks back to the original Bogtrotters, a highly popular band of the 1930s and 1940s centered around the famously musical Ward family of Ballard’s Branch. The current band’s founder, Dennis Hall, can lay good claim to the name: He was raised practically steps from the home of one of the original Bogtrotter fiddlers, and he’s played since childhood. Hear the music and the history, plus a hilarious story from fiddler Eddie Bond about how he came to reconcile traditional religion with playing “the Devil’s Box” – the fiddle.
Playlist
- Sugar Hill
The Buck Mountain Band
The Original Bogtrotters
Biograph 2. Polly Put The Kettle On
The New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters
Same Branch, Different Trotters
Heritage 3. Pole Cat Blues
The New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters
ATBR recording 4. Red Rocking Chair
The New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters
ATBR recording 5. Lee Highway Blues
The New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters
ATBR recording 6. Hop Light Ladies
The Bogtrotters
The Original Bogtrotters
Biograph 7. Break 1 - Cluck Old Hen
The Bogtrotters
The Original Bogtrotters
Biograph 8. Susan Anna Gal
The New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters
ATBR recording 9. Staggerlee
The New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters
ATBR recording 10. Interview - The New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters
ATBR recording 11. John Brown's Dream
The New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters
ATBR recording 12. Break 2 - Piney Woods Girl of North Carolina
The Bogtrotters
The Original Bogtrotters
Biograph 13. The Sweetest Gift
The New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters
ATBR recording 14. Durang's Hornpipe
The New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters
ATBR recording 15. Reuben's Train
The New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters
ATBR recording 16. Jimmy Sutton
The New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters
ATBR recording
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atbr #new ballard’s branch bogtrotters #eddie bond #dennis hall
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Music with West Virginia connections features in this week’s show – from antique fiddle tunes to duet singing to a new flatpicking guitar album from Robin Kessinger and Tyler Grant.
Paul Brown
This week’s show ranges across the southern mountains with some truly wonderful fiddle tunes and songs. We start with the late North Carolina fiddler Jim Shumate, the first fiddler with Flatt & Scruggs – a consummate artist who fairly quickly decided he’d rather be at home with his family than out on the road. But his recordings really set much of the template for bluegrass fiddling. We hear songs and tunes of one of his predecessors in country fiddle entertainment, Arthur Smith … and then songs and tunes from West Virginia, where music traditions continue in strength. We check out a new duo guitar album from West Virginia native Robin Kessinger and Tyler Grant, and hear the respected fiddler Bobby Taylor and one of his heroes the late Edden Hammons. This is a great hour of listening, filled with connections across geography and time.
Playlist
- Blackberry Blossom
Jim Shumate
Collection Vol. 2
Heritage 2. Should I Wander Back Tonight
Jim Shumate
Collection Vol. 2
Heritage 3. Going To Town
Jim Shumate
Collection Vol. 2
Heritage 4. Indian Creek
Fiddlin' Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners
Fiddlin' Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners
County 5. I'm Bound To Ride
Fiddlin' Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners
Fiddlin' Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners
County 6. Take Me Back To Tennessee
Fiddlin' Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners
Fiddlin' Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners
County 7. Whing Ding
Jim Shumate
Collection Vol. 2
Heritage 8. Break 1 - Soldier's Joy
Camp Creek Boys
Old Time String Band
County 9. Blow Your Whistle Freight Train
Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller
Bucking Mule
Jesse Milnes 10. Bucking Mule
Jesse Milnes
Bucking Mule
Jesse Milnes 11. Echoes From The Burning Bush
Val Mindel & Emily Miller
In The Valley
Yodel-Ay-Hee 12. Lover's Return
Val Mindel & Emily Miller
In The Valley
Yodel-Ay-Hee 13. Far Beyond The Blue Skies
Dykes Magic City Trio
Dykes "Magic City" Trio
Old Homestead 14. Hook & Line
Dykes Magic City Trio
Dykes "Magic City" Trio
Old Homestead 15. Break 2 - Sweet Ellen
Canote Brothers
Sugarbaby: Fiddletune Favorites
Clone Tone 16. My Blue Ridge Mountain Home
Tyler Grant & Robin Kessinger
Kanawha County Flatpicking
Grant Central Records 17. No Hard Times
Tyler Grant & Robin Kessinger
Kanawha County Flatpicking
Grant Central Records 18. Washington's March
Bobby Taylor
Kanawha Tradition: From The Country
Buffalo Skinner 19. Let's Hunt The Horses
Edden Hammons
The Edden Hammons Collection V.2
West Virginia Univeristy Press
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atbr #robin kessinger #tyler grant #bobby taylor #edden hammons #jim shumate #arthur smith
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Across the Blue Ridge host Paul Brown (center) with Betse Ellis (l.) and Clarke Wyatt at the 2018 Rocky Mountain Old Time Music Festival in Colorado. Betse and Clarke, a duo with an interesting musical history before they concentrated on roots and old-time music, are our guests this hour.
Paul Brown
This week we hear the stories of Betse Ellis and Clarke Wyatt, who came from the worlds of classical, rock and jazz, and fell totally in love with traditional old-time music. They’re now teaching, playing and touring full time.
ATBR’s Paul Brown caught up with them at the Rocky Mountain Old-Time Music Festival in Colorado and settled in for a brief interview that’s excerpted in this show. You’ll also hear some cuts from Betse & Clarke’s album, River Still Rise, and songs and tunes from people who influenced them early in their discovery of old-time and bluegrass music: Doc Watson, Frank Proffitt, The East Texas Serenaders, and Art Rosenbaum.
This week’s episode starts with a good dose of classic old-time and bluegrass songs and tunes. So get on board and ride with us!
Playlist
- Altamont
Bucking Mules
Smoke Behind The Clouds
Free Dirt 2. Roscoe
Camp Creek Boys
Blue Ridge Style Square Dance Time
Mountain 3. Cumberland Gap
George Landers
High Atmosphere
Rounder 4. Love Me One More Time
James King
Bed By The Window
Rounder 5. With You On My Mind
Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks
Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks
Bear Family 6. Durang's Hornpipe
Roan Mountain Hilltoppers
Down Home
Roan Mountain Hilltoppers 7. One Morning In May
Jean Ritchie
Mountain Hearth & Home
Elektra 8. Break 1 - Angelina Baker
Jesse Milnes
Deep End Sessions
Deep End Sessions 9. Fill My Way With Love
Betse & Clarke
River Still Rise
Betse Ellis & Clarke Wyatt 10. Shelvin Rock
Betse & Clarke
River Still Rise
Betse Ellis & Clarke Wyatt 11. Interview 1 - Betse & Clarke
Betse Elllis & Clarke Wyatt
ATBR recording 12. Acorn Stomp
East Texas Serenaders
East Texas Serenaders
Document 13. Fair & Tender Ladies
Betse & Clarke
River Still Rise
Betse Ellis & Clarke Wyatt 14. Rolling River
Betse & Clarke
River Still Rise
Betse Ellis & Clarke Wyatt 15. Interview 2 - Betse & Clarke
Betse & Clarke
ATBR recording 16. Break 2 - Arkansas Traveler
Betse & Clarke
River Still Rise
Betse Ellis & Clarke Wyatt 17. Mama Don't Allow No Music
Doc Watson
Memories
Sugar Hill 18. Wake Up Little Maggie
Doc Watson
Memories
Sugar Hill 19. Gyps Of David
Frank Proffitt
Traditional Songs & Ballads Of Appalachia
Folk-Legacy 20. Sundown
Art Rosenbaum
Georgia Banjo Blues
Global Village 21. East Texas Drag
East Texas Serenaders
East Texas Serenaders
Document
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atbr #doc watson #frank proffitt #the east texas serenaders #art rosenbaum #betse ellis #clarke wyatt #rocky mountain old-time music festival #river will rise
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L-R Dom Flemons, Alice Gerrard, Terri McMurray, Kay Justice, & ATBR host Paul Brown at Reynolda House Museum of American Art in October, 2018. Hear excerpts from their concert celebrating the exhibition “Dorothea Lange’s America”, plus interview and historic recordings from the 1920s, the Depression era, and later.
Marjo van Dijck
Reynolda House Museum of American Art in Winston-Salem, NC is hosting an exhibition of work by the great Dust Bowl and Depression-era photographer Dorothea Lange and some of her contemporaries. The exhibition includes Lange’s famous “Migrant Mother” photo, perhaps the best known documentary photograph in the United States. Across the Blue Ridge collaborated with the museum in presenting a concert of Dust Bowl and Depression era songs. Guest performers were Dom Flemons, Alice Gerrard, Kay Justice and Terri McMurray. This week we hear excerpts from that event, plus historic recordings reflecting both hard times and hope. We hear a little about the biographical film “Dorothea Lange: Grab A Hunk Of Lightning”. And we get context and background on the music and on Dorothea Lange’s career and remarkable talent. It’s an exciting, multi-layered hour of music, history, and commentary.
Playlist
- Down On Penny's Farm
Bentely Boys
Hard Times In The Country V.2
County 2. Rambling Round
Woody Guthrie
This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings
Smithsonian Folkways 3. Cotton Mill Blues
Lee Brothers
Hard Times Come Again No More V.2
Yazoo 4. No Dough Blues
Blind Blake
Hard Times Come Again No More V.2
Yazoo 5. Interview - Benita Van Winkle
Benita Van Winkle
ATBR recording 6. Farm Relief
Uncle Dave Macon
Hard Times In The Country V.2
County 7. Interview - Phil Archer
Phil Archer
ATBR recording 8. Break 1 - Devil In The Strawstack
Paul Brown & Dom Flemons
ATBR recording 9. Summer's Almost Gone
Paul Brown, Terri McMurray, Dom Flemons
ATBR recording 10. Cotton Mill Girls
Alice Gerrard, Kay Justice, Terri McMurray
ATBR recording 11. Mining Camp Blues
Alice Gerrard, Kay Justice, Terri McMurray, Paul Brown, Joe DeJarnette
ATBR recording 12. Miner's Lullaby
Kay Justice & Alice Gerrard
ATBR recording 13. Break 2 - Dancing In The Sunny South
Paul Brown & Dom Flemons
ATBR recording 14. There's A Brown Skinned Girl Down The Road Somewhere
Dom Flemons
ATBR recording 15. Black Woman
Dom Flemons
ATBR recording 16. Steel Pony Blues
Dom Flemons
ATBR recording
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