Country music star Emmylou Harris isn't focused solely on her art, as many musicians are. She's demonstrated a deep social conscience throughout her career, and in her life offstage. This fall she's touring to raise awareness of the plight of refugees as people flee conflict and hunger in the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere. She also wants to raise money to educate a record number of refugees through the Jesuit Refugee Service. We find out more about this tour, which transmits echoes of her 1990s tour to help rid southeast Asia of landmines following the Vietnam war. Also on this week's show, our reliable selection of great old time, bluegrass, country and gospel music. This time around we hear from some banjo songsters; from Jerry Douglas; Bruce Molsky and Allison de Groot; and the ethereal-sounding Kentucky banjo player Morgan Sexton, among others.
Episode 42 Playlist
- Big Eyed Rabbit
New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters
Bogtrotter Blues
- Old Sledge
Ernie Carpenter
Old Time Tunes from the Elk River Country Disc 1
- Elk River Blues
Ernie Carpenter
Old Time Tunes from the Elk River Country Disc 1
- Greenback Dollar
Tom Ashley
Greenback Dollar
- Trouble In Mind
Roscoe Holcomb
The High Lonesome Sound
- Old Blue
Dink Roberts
Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina & Virginia
- Whoa Mule
John Will Vipperman
WPAQ The Voice of the Blue Ridge Mountains
- Break 1 - Old Bunch of Keys
Tommy Jarrell & Fred Cockerham
Stay All Night
- Orphan Girl
Emmylou Harris
Heartaches & Highways
- Lost Unto This World
Emmylou Harris
Stumble Into Grace
- Cup of Kindness
Emmylou Harris
Stumble Into Grace
- There Is A Fountain
Will Keys
A Banjo Original
- Break 2 - K.C. Stomp
Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners
Fiddlin' Arthur Smith & His Dixieliners
- Things In Life
Jerry Douglas
Restless On The Farm
- Big Sandy
Walt Koken
Banjonique
- Barlow Knife
Molsky's Mountain Drifters
Molsky's Mountain Drifters
- Cold Icy Floor
Fields & Wade Ward
Recorded in Galax, VA
- Old East Virginia
Morgan Sexton
Shady Grove