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Our summer listening sessions continue this week with a selection of music from Tennessee, some soulful and satisfying bluegrass singing, and a banjo song that’s as much about percussion as melody.

It’s another fabulous summer listening program this week, perfect for time at home, a barbeque, vacations, or that long road trip.  Hear early stars of the Grand Ole Opry including DeFord Bailey, p

This week we hear selections from a new recording by Bobby Hicks – one of the greatest fiddlers in the history of bluegrass – and Mark Kuykendall.  Plus … bluesy gospel from the Harris Brothers of

This Fourth of July week show explores the confluence of American and British sounds of the American Revolution in the contemporary U.S.

This week, as gardens come in, people start out on summer trips to home places and family, we hear a selection of songs reflecting the southern attachment to home and hearth, and the tensions betwe

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 tradit

This week we hear a fabulous Muddy Creek Music Hall stage performance from The New Ballard’s Branch Bogtrotters, one of the finest mountain string bands performing today.

This week, as the fiddlers’ convention season in the south really gets underway, we check out some songs and tunes old and new from the Virginia mountains.  In the southwestern part of Virginia, Ga

The allure of traditional southern music has spread across the U.S. and around the world. Case in point: David Bragger is a Los Angeles audio-video producer and musician.

The Mountains of Music Homecoming is just around the bend. The movable feast of roots music takes place in communities around southwestern Virginia June 9-17.

Mike “Lightnin’” Wells brings traditions together in his entertaining, informative and down-home one-man shows.  His latest album, titled “O Lightnin’ Where Art Thou?”, displays his range as never

This week we take a moment at Merlefest – not for the main stage acts, but with the community of jammers at festivals.  Beyond that, we hear a fine selection of bluegrass and old time music with a