Across the Blue Ridge #44 - New Recordings Listening Party

There's a lot happening in old time string music these days.  This week, we catch up on some of the recordings that have come out in the last year or so.  We hear from master fiddlers Kilby Spencer, Jimmy Triplett and Jason Cade; a South Carolina-based band, The Battleaxe Band, with a rich and solid take on some classic old time songs; and a group of teenagers, the Moon Trotters, whose immense skill and enthusiasm take them to the moon and back style-wise, from traditional old time songs to experimental banjo riffs.  We'll also hear the occasional older recording sprinkled through the hour, for a great hour of listening. 

Episode 44 Playlist

1. Cripple Creek
   Crooked Road Ramblers
   It Ain't City Music

2. Little Maggie
   Crooked Road Ramblers
   It Ain't City Music

3. Shady Grove
   Reed Island Rounderfs
   Wild Goose Chase

4. Flower From the Fields of Alabama
   Reed Island Rounderfs
   Wild Goose Chase

5. You Name The Baby
   The Moontrotters
   The Moontrotters

6. Victor In A Minor
   The Moontrotters
   The Moontrotters

7. Freight Train (break 1)
   Toast String Stretchers
   Wanted

8. Big Footed Man
   Jason Cade
   Hog Eyed Man 3

9. Polly Put The Kettle On
   Jason Cade
   Hog Eyed Man 3

10. I Am With You Always
    Richie Stearns & Rosie Newton
    Tractor Beam

11. Skillet Good And Greasy
    The Battleaxe Band
    Because We Are

12. Angelina Baker
    The Battleaxe Band
    Because We Are

13. Sally Anne (break 2)
    Sidna & Fulton Myers
    Clawhammer Banjo Vol. 2

14. The Other Side of Beaver
    Sky Island String Band
    Adventures In Old Cranberry

15. Stillwell
    Sky Island String Band
    Adventures In Old Cranberry

16. Old Time Religion
    George Pegram
    George Pegram

17. War Hill Special
    Buckstankle Boys
    My Round Peak Home

18. Pretty Little Miss Out In The Garden
    Cousin Emmy
    Cousin Emmy & Her Kinfolk

19. Lonesome Blues
    Mississippi John Hurt
    Mississsippi John Hurt Revisited