Across the Blue Ridge #30 - Immigrant Band, plus great tunes and songs from the mountains

This week, our host Paul Brown brings in a collection of fabulous fiddle tunes old and new, including one from Erynn Marshall's new album of her own composed tunes.  A band made up primarily of immigrants from Ireland and Italy puts across some great old time American tunes.  And fiddler Rafe Stefanini, who emigrated from Italy to the U.S. because he loved old time music, tells us about how he thought up the idea for the Immigrant Band album, and how he named it – calling on words from a song that was a favorite of North Carolina's Tommy Jarrell.   American old-time and bluegrass music reaches around the globe these days, and this week's show lets us feel the love. Plus … we hear some exciting yet poignant field recordings made from the 1940s into the 1960s.  They're just a little scratchy, but good, transporting us to times gone by.

Program 30 Playlist

1. Sandy River – Clark Kessinger
   The Legend of Clark Kessinger
   County 1996
    
2. Ground Speed – Jeff Little Trio
   Made in the Blue Ridge
   Jeff Little 2014
    
3. Cabin Of Love – Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
   In The Pines
   County 1995
    
4. Greasy Creek – Erynn Marshall
   Greasy Creek
   Dittyville 2016
    
5. Hold Whatcha Got – Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys
   You Don't Know My Mind
   Rounder 1992
    
6. Lost Love – Zoe & Cloyd
   Equinox
   Z&C Records 2015
    
7. Sally Ann – Strange Creek Singers
   The Strange Creek Singers
   Arhoolie 1997
    
8. BREAK 1
   Old Virginia Reel – The Mosly Mountain Boys
   The Mostly Mountain Boys
   L-Century 2013
    
9. Bravest Cowboy – Tommy Jarrell & Fred Cockerham
   Tommy and Fred Best Banjo-Fiddle Duets
   County 1992
    
10. Willie Moore – The Immigrant Band
    The Immigrant Band
    Yodel-Ay-Hee 2016
     
11. Jenny On The Railroad – The Immigrant Band
    The Immigrant Band
    Yodel-Ay-Hee 2016
     
12.  Hogeyed Man – The Immigrant Band
    The Immigrant Band
    Yodel-Ay-Hee 2016
     
13.  Dan's Dream – The Immigrant Band
    The Immigrant Band
    Yodel-Ay-Hee 2016
     
14.  BREAK 2
    Knoxville Blues – Etta Baker
    One Dime Blues
    Rounder 1991
     
15. Katy Cline – Vester Jones
    Traditional Music from Grayson and Carroll Counties, Virginia
    Smithsonian Folkways 1962
     
16. Johnson Boys – Glen Smith
    Traditional Music from Grayson and Carroll Counties, Virginia
    Smithsonian Folkways 1962
     
17.  Railroad Bill – Hobart Smith
    Hobart Smith – Blue Ridge Legacy
    Rounder 1983
     
18. Way Down In My Soul – Friendly Four Quartet
    WPAQ The Voice of the Blue Ridge Mountains
    Rounder 1999
     
19. I Believe In The Old Time Way – Ola Belle Reed
    Ola Belle Reed & Family
    Rounder 2005
     
20. Paddy On The Turnpike – Esker Hutchins
    FRC Esker Hutchins
    2007