Across the Blue Ridge #40 - Old time, bluegrass, blues and gospel styles

This week's Across the Blue Ridge takes us on a tour of some classic old time, bluegrass, blues and gospel music displaying remarkable similarities across styles and cultures. Listen and hear how the blues sound, emerging through African-American players in the Mississippi Delta and elsewhere in the South, is heard also in bluegrass, old time and country music. It's a cornerstone of American popular music. Host Paul Brown presents music of Earnest East & The Pine Ridge Boys and Patsy; Etta Baker; Bill Monroe; Jimmie Rodgers; Pharis & Jason Romero; The Carter Family, Ola Belle Reed and many more.

Episode 40 Playlist

1. Old Molly Hare
   The Pine Ridge Boys & Patsy
   Stringband Music From Mount Airy
    
2. Kentucky River
   James Reams & The Barnstormers
   Barnstormin'
    
3. New Lonesome Blues
   Jason & Pharis Romero
   A Wanderer I'll Stay
    
4. Old & Gray
   The Hungry Hash House Ramblers
   Passing the Buck
    
5. The Rose With A Broken Stem
   The North Carolina Cooper Boys
   In The Pines: Tar Heel Folk Songs & Fiddle Tunes: Old-Time Music Of North Carolina 1926-1936
    
6. That Lonesome Valley
   Carolina Ramblers String Band
   In The Pines: Tar Heel Folk Songs & Fiddle Tunes: Old-Time Music Of North Carolina 1926-1936
    
7. Break 1 -John's Rag 
   John Jackson
   Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
    
8. Little Maggie
   Obray Ramsey
   Good Old Mountain Dew
    
9. Broken Hearted Blues
   Etta Baker
   One Dime Blues
    
10. New Mule Skinner Blues
    Bill Monroe 
    In The Pines
     
11. T.B. Blues
    Jimmie Rodgers
    The Complete Recordings
     
12. Chew Tobacco Rag
    Bert Spry, Ash & F
    From The Old School
     
13. Break 2 - Banjo Clog
    Dock Boggs
    His Folkways Years Disc 2
     
14. Fair And Tender Ladies
    Betse Ellis & Clarke Wyatt
    River Still Rise
     
15. I  Am A Pilgrim
    Ola Belle Reed
    Ola Belle Reed And Family
     
16. In The Shadow Of The Rock
    The Shelor-Blackard Family
    The Shelor-Blackard Family
     
17. Your Long Journey
    Sam Gleaves
    A Little While In The Wilderness
     
18. Little Moses
    The Carter Family
    My Clinch Mountain Home