Across the Blue Ridge #99 - Blue Ridge Soundscape
This week we offer another satisfying listening session, with music that spans the mountain soundscape. Hear classic bluegrass from Bill Monroe, and the latest from North Carolina's Balsam Ra
Bill Monroe
Across the Blue Ridge #77- Listening to the Classics of old time, bluegrass, blues & gospel
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 many cultural crossroads in American tradit
Across the Blue Ridge #60 - Mac Wiseman, 91-year-old star with a new album
Mac Wiseman is one of the last of the original generation of bluegrass players. And he's much more than that. He's a farm boy-turned-musician, a polio victim who learned guitar while re
Across the Blue Ridge #45 - New sounds from the old in the 1940s and ‘50s
The immediate post-World War 2 era was an exciting time in both traditional and contemporary country music. Old time mountain sounds were merging with swing, classic country, and gospel.
Across The Blue Ridge - Episode 7 (Cultural and Musical Crossroads)
The story of American traditional music is one of intertwined cultures. This week host Paul Brown guides us along a fascinating trail of old time mountain music, country blues, gospel and blu
Across The Blue Ridge - Episode 4 (A Senior Virginia Fiddler Tells His Story)
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 early childhood, and now, at age