Across the Blue Ridge Archives

This week we feature Richie Stearns and Rosie Newton, a musical duo bringing to bear northern, southern, classical, old time, rock and other traditions on their tightly woven duet songs and tunes.

This week’s show features some strong old-time and bluegrass music right out of the gate, followed by in interview with Madison County, NC Arts Council director Laura Boosinger.

This week we offer another satisfying listening session, with music that spans the mountain soundscape.  Hear classic bluegrass from Bill Monroe, and the latest from North Carolina’s Balsam Range. 

This week we present an encore broadcast of one of our popular “listening session” shows.  We dig into the riches of early country music recordings to hear classics of old time mountain, white and

This week, we kick off a series on North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Music Trails.  Listen for a story or segment at least once a month, with some shorter pieces in between.  The music trails are an econ

Across the Blue Ridge is pleased to co-sponsor John McCutcheon at

Our Episode #96 features the guitar in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia.  We focus on a two-CD album of guitar recordings old and new, assembled by The Croo

The Crooked Road, Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail, has released a two-CD album titled “A Century of Heritage Guitar Music”.  The 52 tracks include historic sides from the earliest days of recording

Bobby Patterson, the Galax, Virginia-based musician and founder of the old time and bluegrass label Heritage Records, passed away in September of 2017 at age 75.

This week we feature exciting bluegrass and old time music from a Latin perspective, along with our usual classics from senior and contemporary artists.

This week’s show brings us a fun listening opportunity in southern mountain fiddling.

This week we hear a selection of classic and new love songs, our artists ranging from Wilmer Watts, an early banjo songster and recording artist, to IBMA Bluegrass Hall of Fame inductee Alice Gerra