Across the Blue Ridge #117 - Vivian Leva, Women In Song, Classic Songs & Tunes

This week we showcase the premiere album of a young singer and songwriter steeped in traditional Blue Ridge mountain music. Vivian Leva – who's been on the show before with The Onlies – grew up in a musical family in Lexington, Virginia. Her parents, Carol Elizabeth Jones and James Leva, are both well known in the old-time and bluegrass communities as outstanding singers, creative songwriters and fine instrumentalists. Vivian Leva continues this family tradition on her premiere album, Time Is Everything, with a selection of powerful, thoughtful songs old and new. She creates something fresh from the sounds around her and the landscape of her own life and insights. As we mark Women's History Month and take note of current events, we also hear songs of life, hardship and independence from Hazel Dickens, Alice Gerrard, Texas Gladden, Dale Ann Bradley, Ruby Vass, The Farwells and Ola Belle Reed. Instrumentals, a song from Max Heineman, and flatfoot dancing figure into the hour, too. 

Playlist

1. Piper's Hornpipe
   Marvin Gaster
   Uncle Henry's Favorites
    
2. My Stone Mountain Home
   Sam Gleaves & Tyler Hughes
   Sam Gleaves & Tyler Hughes
    
3. O'Grady Rd
   Max Heineman & Lonesome Ace Stringband
   When The Sun Comes Up
    
4. Solly's Little Favorite
   Lonesome Ace Stringband
   When The Sun Comes Up
    
5. Betty Baker
   T-Mart Rounders
   T-Mart Rounders
    
6. Going Back To Kentucky
   Dale Ann Bradley
   Dale Ann Bradley
    
7. Little White Robe
   The Farwells
   The Farwells
    
8. Break 1 - Old Aunt Katie
   The Shelor Blackard Family
   The Shelor-Blackard Family
    
9. Time Is Everything
   Vivian Leva
   Time Is Everything
    
10. Interview - Vivian Leva
    Vivian Leva
    Time Is Everything
     
11. Cold Mountains
    Vivian Leva
    Time Is Everything
     
12. No Forever
    Vivian Leva
    Time Is Everything
     
13. Light Enough To Find My Way
    Jones & Leva
    Light Enough To Find My Way
     
14. One Morning In May
    Texas Gladden
    The Alan Lomax Collection: Portraits - Ballad Collection
     
15. Break 2 - June Apple
    Olin & Frances Gardner
    Olin & Frances Gardner & Friends
     
16. Only The Leading Role Will Do
    Ola Belle Reed
    Ola Belle Reed & Family
     
17. I've Endured
    Ola Belle Reed
    Ola Belle Reed & Family
     
18. Come Into Your Own
    Alice Gerrard & Kay Justice
    Tear Down The Fences
     
19. Single Girl
    Ruby Vass
    Southern Journey Vol. 2
     
20. You'll Get No More From Me
    Hazel Dickens
    A Few Old Memories
     
21. The West Fork Girls
    Phoeba Parsons
    Old Time Music From Clay & Calhoun Counties