It's a combination of new and old, with a few fun surprises on this week's Across the Blue Ridge. We hear from bluegrass singer-songwriter Brandon Lee Adams with a song of loss and new awareness. And we experience some instruments often seen as secondary in old time and bluegrass music: Gwen Foster and Sonny Terry give us an earful with harmonicas, and five performers from Jimmie Rodgers to Linda Higginbotham show us how much power and fun a ukulele can deliver in old time music. With the National Folk Festival coming up, there's music from a great bluegrass band on this year's festival, Balsam Range. And we jump back in time to the early days of mountain music recording with Grayson and Whitter.
Episode 36 Playlist
- Black Eyed Suzy
James Reams & The Barnstormers
Barnstormin'
- Sail Away Ladies
Kenny Baker
Baker's Dozen
- I Long For Seventeen
Brandon Lee Adams
Hardest Kind of Memories
- Drink More Cider
Greg and Jere Canote
Dogs In The Dishes
- Crow Jane Blues
Sonny Terry
Classic Harmonica Blues
- Bay Rum Blues
Tom Ashley & Gwen Foster
Harmonica Blues
- Shady Grove
Wade Ward
High Atmosphere
- Break 1 - Texas Gals
The Hill Billies
The Hill Billies, Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters Vol 2
- Down To The Club
The Hill Billies
The Hill Billies, Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters Vol 2
- Dear Old Sunny South By The Sea
Jimmie Rodgers
Essential Jimmy Rodgers
- Everybody Does It In Hawaii
Jimmie Rodgers
With My Little Ukelele In My Hand
- Buffalo Gals
Leftwich & Higginbotham
The Lost Child
- Ain't That Trouble In Mind
Mostly Mountain Boys
Traditional Mountain Music
- Tiger Rag
Roy Smeck
With My Little Ukelele In My Hand
- Break 2 - Parkersburg Landing
Mac Benford
Half Past Four
- Born Ramblin' Man
Balsam Range
Papertown
- Back To The Cross
Curly Seckler & The Nashville Grass
Essentail Bluegrass Gospel
- Danville Girl
Lee Sexton
Whoa Mule
- Short Life Of Trouble
Grayson & Whitter
The Recordings of Grayson & Whitter
- Handsome Molly
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
Short Life of Trouble: Songs of Grayson & Whitter
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