Sharing Traditions, Hearing Connections

As the U.S. has been roiled by racial tension and occasional violence in recent weeks, we present a program focusing on the sharing of traditions through music and on togetherness. Listen for cuts from a new album by The Crooked Road Ramblers, an outstanding Appalachian mountain string band.  We also hear from bluegrass aces The Dreadful Snakes including Bela Fleck and Jerry Douglas; from singer and harmonica player Peg Leg Sam Chapman; early radio stars The Boswell Sisters with tight harmonies from the 1930s; from gospel and ballad singer Sheila Kay Adams, and many others.  The idea is to make connections, not break them.  Join us for this interesting program that speaks volumes through music. 

Playlist

1. I've Always Been A Rambler
   Crooked Road Ramblers
   Always Been A Rambler
    
2. Bile Them Cabbage Down
   Crooked Road Ramblers
   Always Been A Rambler
    
3. Travelin' Down This Lonesome Road
   The Dreadful Snakes
   Snakes Alive!
    
4. What Am I Doing Loving You?
   Dale Ann Bradley
   Old Southern Porches
    
5. Children Go Where I Send Thee
   The Fairfield Four
   Standing In The Safety Zone
    
6. Shady Grove
   Bert Edwards
   Bert's Bombaree
    
7. Break 1 - Sister Ann
   Bert Edwards
   Bert's Bombaree
    
8. Camp A Little While In The Wilderness
   Sheila Kay Adams
   All The Other Fine Things
    
9. Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
   unknown choir
   Voices of the Civil Rights Movement
    
10. Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
    Stanley Brothers
    Good Old Camp Meeting Songs
     
11. Going Up North
    John Jackson
    Black Banjo Songsters of NC & VA
     
12. McKinley March
    Fields Ward
    Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie
     
13. Country Blues
    Dock Boggs
    Country Blues
     
14. Boogie Baby
    Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
    Classic Harmonica Blues from Smithsonian Folkways
     
15. Break 2 - Banjo Clog
    Dock Boggs
    His Folkways Years1963-68 V.2
     
16. Walking Cane
    Peg Leg Sam Chapman
    Classic Appalachian Blues
     
17. Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
    Norman Blake
    Whiskey Before Breakfast
     
18. Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
    The Boswell Sisters
    At Their Best
     
19. Bear Creek Blues
    The Carter Family
    Clinch Mountain Treasures
     
20. Dog Days Of August
    Cephas & Wiggins
    Masters of the Piedmont Blues