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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…
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The evolution of style is normally a multi-layered process. And where old time and bluegrass music are concerned, you'll find all sorts of approaches to…
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This week we feature some outstanding string band music from the New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters of southwest Virginia, with powerful singing, fiddling…
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This week's show celebrates the life and music of Ralph Stanley, the famed southwest Virginia singer and banjo player who died June 23, 2016 at age 89.…
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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…
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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…