Eddie Bond

Music & Culture

Across the Blue Ridge #76- The New Ballard’s Branch Bogtrotters

Paul Brown

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…
Music & Culture

Across the Blue Ridge #49 - Curly Seckler, dean of bluegrass harmony singing

Paul Brown

This week we examine the career of bluegrass singer Curly Seckler, who turns 97 on Christmas Day 2016. A new biography is out by Penny Parsons, titled…
Music & Culture

Across the Blue Ridge #28 - String band music, and Charlie Sizemore’s recollections of performing with Ralph Stanley

Paul Brown

This week we feature some outstanding string band music from the New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters of southwest Virginia, with powerful singing, fiddling…