Reynolda House Museum of American Art in Winston-Salem, NC is hosting an
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,
NPR’s very first Morning Edition broadcast took place back in 1979. The news announcer on that day was Carl Kasell, and it was a post he would occupy for the next thirty years.
This week’s program starts with a powerful collection of fiddle tunes, bluegrass, and old time songs. From there, we move into our latest Blue Ridge Music Trails episode, featuring the Mount Airy,
Bluegrass pioneer Ralph Stanley has died. Family members say he passed away Thursday night at his home in Virginia after a battle with skin cancer. He was 89 years old.
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 early childhood, and now, at age 92,
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