The first of this year's Across the Blue Ridge summer listening sessions brings us a wonderful selection of old and new songs and tunes demonstrating the many cultural crossroads in American traditional and popular music. Wherever you are, you can enjoy old time mountain music from Kentucky's Cousin Emmy; bluegrass from Ralph Stanley and Bill Monroe; mountain classics from Mainer's Mountaineers; and blues from Pink Anderson. There's much more, including cuts from a new album by Chicago-based band Big Sadie, and a song from roots music veteran Bob Bovee.
Playlist
- Billy In The Lowground
Crooked Road Ramblers
It Ain't City Music
- Greenleaf Breakdown
Kenny Baker
Baker's Dozen
- Maple On The Hill
Carl Jones & Erynn Marshall
Sweet Memories Never Leave
- Be Kind To A Man When He's Down
Wade & Julia Mainer
In The Land Of Melody
- Goin' Back West In The Fall
J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers
Goin' Back West In The Fall
- Satisfied
J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers
Goin' Back West In The Fall
- Seven And A Half
J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers
Goin' Back West In The Fall
- Break 1 - Shortening Bread
Snuffy Jenkins
American Banjo 3-Finger & Scruggs Style
- Anni's Orchard
Big Sadie
Keep Me Waiting
- Corn Liquor
Big Sadie
Keep Me Waiting
- Jack of Diamonds
Ben Jarrell
In The Pines
- Barroom Girls
Gillian Welch
Revival
- Don't Ask Me Why
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys V.3
- I Saw A Man At The Close Of The Day
Bob Bovee
Rails, Trails & Tall Tales
- Break 2 - Big Sweet Taters In The Sandy Land
Sam Gleaves
A Little While In The Wilderness
- You Don't Know My Mind
Pink Anderson
Classic Appalachian Blues
- Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
Roscoe Holcomb
Classic Appalachian Blues
- Freight Train Blues
Cousin Emmy
Cousin Emmy & Her Kinfolks
- This Train
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
The Gospel Of The Blues
- T For Texas
Jimmie Rodgers
The Complete Recordings (Remastered)
- Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Bill Monroe
In The Pines