Bill Monroe

This week we offer another satisfying listening session, with music that spans the mountain soundscape. Hear classic bluegrass from Bill Monroe, and the…

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…

Mac Wiseman is one of the last of the original generation of bluegrass players. And he's much more than that. He's a farm boy-turned-musician, a polio…

The immediate post-World War 2 era was an exciting time in both traditional and contemporary country music. Old time mountain sounds were merging with…

The story of American traditional music is one of intertwined cultures. This week host Paul Brown guides us along a fascinating trail of old time mountain…

This week on Across the Blue Ridge, we take a field trip to see a senior fiddler, John “Johnny” Lewis, in southwest Virginia. He's played music since…