Elizabeth Cotten

Music & Culture

Across the Blue Ridge #151 - Hazel & Alice, Classic Old-Time & Bluegrass

Paul Brown

Alice Gerrard, International Bluegrass Music Association Hall of Fame inductee, recently discovered tapes from the 1960s of her and Hazel Dickens honing…
Music & Culture

Across the Blue Ridge #132 - Old Time, Country and Bluegrass Classics and New Music

Paul Brown

This week we explore the highways and byways of traditional country music. Hear classic old time and bluegrass songs, a couple of live recordings from a…
Music & Culture

Across the Blue Ridge #45 - New sounds from the old in the 1940s and ‘50s

Paul Brown

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…