This week we hear from singer, banjo player and luthier Rick Ward; old-time musician and songwriter Trevor McKenzie with Terri McMurray and Paul Brown; The Sheets Family Band, and Strictly Strings,
A listening session this week features brilliant southern mountain and piedmont musicians of the past who don’t get a lot of exposure on radio these days. Listen to fiddler John Ashby and his Free
As the festival and fiddlers’ convention season gathers steam with events all over the mountain south, we find out about the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame (where ATBR’s Paul Brown will emc
The Crooked Road, Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail, presents its fourth annual Mountains of Music Homecoming June 8-16. It’s a movable feast of music and food, with more than two dozen venues scatt
Ken Perlman has documented, and as a result helped shepherd the survival – and revival – of a fiddling tradition on Prince Edward Island in the Canadian Maritimes. That’s quite an accomplishment f
Dom Flemons brings to life music of America’s past from black and white traditions – and their shared repertoire and styles – as he travels the world pointing out what people have in common, rather
An action-packed and music-packed program this week includes fiddle music from Aubrey Haynie, a classic from the Carter Family – and a visit to the Surry Old Time Fiddlers’ Convention in Dobson, No
We conclude our two-part Blue Ridge Music Trails feature on women in old-time music with more of Alice Gerrard’s presentation at the Earle Theater in Mount Airy, NC – and more great music.
This week, in addition to some traditional bluegrass and country classics, we hear some great bluegrass and old time music from women both famous and nearly unknown.
This week we hear a fascinating selection of early old-time string band recordings.
This week we take a tour through traditions of geographic place, culture, and heritage.
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