Across the Blue Ridge #32 - New generation players sport influences both broad and deep

This week's Across the Blue Ridge features a concert set and a visit with Sam Gleaves and Tyler Hughes, two of a new generation of roots musicians steeped in tradition and seeking new expressive paths.  Sam and Tyler were born and raised in southwest Virginia. Each became aware of old time music in his early teens. They were so smitten that they are devoting big parts of their lives to it.  But it doesn't end there, with rehashing of traditional material.  Both of these young men are coming up with new arrangements and new songs.  They're eager to share their love of old time, gospel, bluegrass, and modern folk music, as their touring schedules reveal.  Sam Gleaves is writing incisive and memorable songs of social awareness and activism.  We'll hear selections from Sam's and Tyler's recordings and from a  2016 performance at Muddy Creek Music Hall in Winston-Salem, NC. On this week's show as well:  fiddle tunes from North Carolina master Marcus Martin and from the Red Squirrel Chasers; a moment with the tune Money Musk, its history, and two very different regional peformances.

Episode 32 Playlist

1. Durang's Hornpipe – The Red Squirrel Chasers
   Shakin' Down The Acorns
   Vigortone 2015
    
2. Sandy River – Marcus Martin
   When I Get My New House Done
   Southern Folklife Collection 2007
    
3. Silver Threads Among The Gold – Blue Sky Boys
   On Radio Vol 4
   Copper Creek 2006
    
4. I'm Working On A Road – Flatt & Scruggs
   Flatt & Scruggs 1948-59 Vol . 2
   Bear Family 1994
    
5. The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee – Wade & Julia Mainer
   In The Land Of Melody
   June Appal 1992
    
6. Money Musk – Joe Greene
   Joe Greene's Fiddle Album
   County 2007
    
7. Money Musk – Rodney & Randy Miller
   New England Chestnuts
   CD Baby 2001
    
8. BREAK 1
   Cattle In The Corn – Joe Greene
   Joe Greene's Fiddle Album
   County 2007
    
9. I'm Just Her To Get My Baby Out Of Jail – Tyler Hughes & Empty Bottle String Band
   Travelin' Man
   Independent Release 2015
    
10.  Don't Let Your Deal Go Down – Sam Gleaves
    A Little While In The Wilderness
    Sam Gleaves 2012
     
11.  Working Shoes – Sam Gleaves
    Ain't We Brothers
    Community Music 2015
     
12. Little Hot Pink House Trailer – Sam Gleaves & Tyler Hughes
    Concert Recording
    Fiddle & Bow/Muddy Creek Music Hall 2016
     
13. Angel In The Ashes – Sam Gleaves & Tyler Hughes
    Concert Recording
    Fiddle & Bow/Muddy Creek Music Hall 2016
     
14. My Dixie Darlin' – Sam Gleaves & Tyler Hughes
    Ain't We Brothers
    Community Music 2015
     
15. BREAK 2
    Snake Chapman's Tune – Will Keys
    A Banjo Original
    County 1997
     
16. Ain't We Brothers
    Ain't We Brothers
    Community Music 2015
     
17. Interview – Sam Gleaves
    Across the Blue Ridge recording 2016
     
18.  My Singing Bird – Sam Gleaves
    Ain't We Brothers
    Community Music 2015
     
19. Muskrat – Tyler Hughes & Sam Gleaves
    Concert Recording
    Fiddle & Bow/Muddy Creek Music Hall 2016
     
20. Interview – Tyler Hughes
    Across the Blue Ridge recording 2016
     
21. Creek's Froze Up/Callahan – Sam Gleaves & Cathy Fink
    Ain't We Brothers
    Community Music 2015