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www.patreon.com/banjopodcast Bob Carlin is among the world's top innovators and prolific performers of clawhammer banjo, and is best known for his solo recordings, collaborations with artists such as Bruce Molsky, Cheick Hamala Diabate, John Hartford, Erynn Marshall, and as a longtime member of the legendary Hartford String Band. He also enriches the banjo world through his substantial work as an author, folklorist, and instructor. Sponsored by Elderly Instruments, Peghead Nation, Sullivan Banjos, and Bluegrass Country Radio Photo by Mac Carbonell Bob on the web: http://www.bobcarlinmusic.com/ Contact the show: pickyfingersbanjopodcast@gmail.com
Brittany Haas is widely regarded as one of the most influential fiddlers of her generation. In this wide-ranging conversation you'll be hearing about her early career, touring with Darol Anger at age 14, the bands Croooked Still, Hawktail and Punch Brothers with Chris Thile. She reflected on the challenges and thrill of a touring life, the Nashville scene, her teaching through Artistworks, and dynamics of being a woman in Bluegrass. We talked about mentors Bruce Molsky and Tony Trishka, her time at Princeton studying Evolutionary Biology, and the need for self-care and boundaries. We are featuring music from several of her albums, including her recent projects with sister Natalie and the Swedish musician Lena Jonsson. Like all my episodes, you can also watch this on my YouTube channel or listen to the podcast on all the podcast platforms, and I've also linked the transcript to my website: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/brittany-haas See below for other suggested episodes, linked for your convenience, along with links for newsletter and support pages! Brittany Haas website Hawktail The Snake with Lena Jonsson Haas with sister Natalie Impromptu Sessions (banjo album) Brittany Haas debut album the Punch Brothers website (Energy Curfew Music hour podcast) I'm sure that you'll enjoy my conversations with Adam Hurt Janie Rothfield Joe K. Walsh Martin Hayes Tracy Silverman Alexis Chartrand Gina Burgess Guy Donis and Kirsty Money It's a joy to bring these meaningful conversations to you, but this project costs me quite a bit of money and lots of time; please support this series through either my merchandise store or buy me a coffee on my Ko-fi page For the merch, it features a unique design by artist Steffi Kelly and you can browse clothes, stickers, notebooks, water bottles and more, everything printed on demand https://www.leahroseman.com/beautiful-shirts-and-more Why not sign up for my newsletter where you'll get access to exclusive information about upcoming guests? Please check out my back catalogue, with episodes going back to 2021. Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (02:31) Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School, childhood mentors Bruce Molsky Darol Anger, Alasdair Fraser, family support (05:43) sister cellist Natalie, new album Haas (08:26) The Rose Gardener from the album Haas (link in description) (11:23) gardening, creativity, debut album at 17, touring with Darol Anger at 14 (15:16) Ora Lee from album Brittany Haas (link in description) (19:48) Darol Anger (24:53) early career, Crooked Still, challenges of touring life (27:46) Princeton, decision not to go to music school, Tony Trishka (29:11) band Hawktail, album Place of Growth (30:31) Antilopen from Hawktail's ablum Place of Growth (link in description) (34:46) new album with Väsen and Hawktail (36:21)Punch Brothers, Energy Curfew Music Hour (37:49) other episodes you'll love, different ways to support this series (38:37) Punch Brothers, balancing creative time, Nashville scene (43:29) Lena Jonsson, new album The Snake (45:49) Låt efter Bach: Vals, from The Snake with Lena Jonssen (link in description) (48:15) jazz, teaching Artistworks, self-awareness and injury prevention (53:27) self-care, boundaries, touring life (56:45) women in Bluegrass (01:01:07) Steve Martin, love of banjo, Impromptu Sessions album, Adam Hurt, composing versus interpreting (01:04:30) Lost Girl from album Impromptu Sessions (link in description) (01:07:23) learning music, Bruce Molsky (01:09:26) finding balance in life (01:10:32) upcoming projects
In this episode of The Bandwich Tapes, I sit down with the incredibly talented Carolyn Kendrick—singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, and all-around creative powerhouse. We dive into her musical journey and influences and get the inside scoop on her upcoming album, Each Machine. Carolyn and I chat about how technology and AI are shaping the music industry, the essential role rhythm plays in songwriting, and the unique collaborative spirit of the fiddling community. She also opens up about her creative process, the concept behind her new album, and her experiences at Berklee's American Roots program. This conversation is a deep dive into where traditional meets modern and how community shapes the arts.Carolyn Kendrick is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter, fiddler, guitarist, and producer. After many happy years on the road as a side musician, Kendrick has blossomed as a solo artist since issuing her debut EP, Tear Things Apart, in 2020. Heralded as “hauntingly lovely” (Paste Magazine), you won't want to miss a Carolyn Kendrick live performance.After graduating from Berklee College of Music, Kendrick crisscrossed the country with her former duo project, The Page Turners. She has shared the stage with beloved artists such as Darol Anger, Bruce Molsky, Aoife O'Donovan, Kaia Kater, Hannah Read, Margo Price, The Clements Brothers, and Jacksonport. She has played festivals such as Newport Folk Festival, Greyfox Bluegrass Festival, Savannah Music Festival, and won awards such as the Freshgrass ‘Best Duo' Award, The Fletcher Bright Award, and was the Fall 2023 Composer In Residence at the University of the Pacific. In addition to her songwriting career, Kendrick is active in the Bluegrass and Old-Time fiddle scene and produced and written music for the award-winning podcasts You're Wrong About (Podcast of the Year, iHeart Radio) and You Are Good. Her forthcoming album, Each Machine, is a collection of traditional and original political folk songs inspired by her time researching The Satanic Panic for the history podcast You're Wrong About. These songs are modern, electric re-imaginings of hymns, murder ballads, pagan chanting, and even songs of devil-worship. The first single, The Devil's Nine Questions, is available for pre-order now and will be released October 1st, 2024. The full album, both physical + digital copies, as well as an accompanying zine of behind-the scenes photography and essays, will be released 12.6.24 on High Occulture Records.To learn more about Carolyn, please visit carolynkendrick.com.Thank you for tuning in! If you have any questions, feedback, or ideas for the show, please contact me at brad@thebandwichtapes.com. And please spread the word about the show!The theme song, "Playcation," was written by Mark Mundy.
I was honored to chat with Bruce Molsky on the Fiddle Studio Podcast this month. Bruce has a new album out with Darol Anger called Lockdown Breakdown. We talk about getting into Old-Time and sticking with it over the years, trying to sound like your heroes, picking up new tunes, the Berklee American Roots music department, and what he listens for in old recordings. Bruce breaks down singing and fiddling at the same time and how to develop that slippery skill. We hear a track from the new album, Can I Change My Mind.Bruce Molsky has been playing and studying Old-Time music for 50 years, and for much of that time teaching as well. He famously learned fiddle and banjo from folks down in Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina in the 70s, including Tommy Jarrell among others. He's been performing and collaborating ever since, has over dozen great albums to check out, and he teaches Old-Time music at the Berklee School of Music and online at Peghead Nation.You can see Bruce on the BBC TV “Transatlantic Sessions” with Aly Bain and Jerry Douglas, and on “David Holt's State of Music” on PBS. He stays active touring and recording with longtime collaborators Darol Anger, Tony Trischka and Mountain Drifters' Allison de Groot. Bruce Molsky: http://brucemolsky.com On Facebook: http://facebook.com/brucemolskyPeghead Nation CourseLockdown Breakdown on BandcampYoutube: http://youtube.com/brucemolskymusic Email: bruce@brucemolsky.comLet me know what you think!Support the showEmail me at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com.Listen and subscribe on Apple Music, Spotify, or Buzzsprout. Find me on YouTube and Bandcamp. Here are my Fiddle Studio books and my website Fiddle Studio where you can find my courses and mailing list and sign up for my Top 10 Fiddle Tunes!
The names Bruce Molsky and Darol Anger have come up more often than not when talking to fiddlers on Basic Folk. The pair have single handedly mentored hundreds of our favorites in fiddle music at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Darol's online music school, music camps, festivals and more. Darol and Bruce joined us on the occasion of their newest folk music collab: their new album Lockdown Breakdown album. Folk music has often been associate with nerdiness, so we get right into their nerdy roots with Bruce's love of fountain pens, his background in mechanical engineering and all facts about American roots music, Bluegrass music and fiddle music you can stand.They each talk about their origins: Bruce in the Bronx and Darol in Northern California, which eventually led him to co-founding the David Grisman Quintet. We discuss the social aspect of the old time and bluegrass music world and how that has translated into the way they each approach socializing. They discuss the thousands of fiddle lessons they've given younger players and why they like to mentor younger generations. And of course, the album, which was recorded live in a Nashville studio in just a few days. They talk about what the energy was like in the room for all their live takes during the session. It was a pleasure to speak with these two very funny, very influential musicians! They are doing incredible and important work!Follow Basic Folk on social media: https://basicfolk.bio.link/ Sign up for Basic Folk's newsletter: https://bit.ly/basicfolknews Help produce Basic Folk by contributing: https://basicfolk.com/donate/ Interested in sponsoring us? Contact BGS: https://bit.ly/sponsorBGSpods Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Summersoak...uh, we mean **SUMMERFOLK 49** recap!! This week's episode of Georgian Bay Roots Radio is sponsored by Georgian Bay Folk Society board member David Rosenfeld, and is all about the amazing festival we had just last weekend. As you may have heard (or if you were there you experienced it first hand haha) there was rain, but there was a lot of incredible music too...boy oh boy was there ever music!! Join host Kailey Jane Hawkins as she recounts her Summerfolk 49 experience as an attendee, as an emcee, and as a fan of that wonderful weekend we call Summerfolk! Featuring tracks by Ego Spank, Bruce Molsky, Porch Couch, The Fretless & Madeline Roger, Treasa Levasseur, Lloyd Spiegel, David Newland, David Francey, Lennie Gallant, Ray Bonneville, Suzie Vinnick and 2024 Youth Discoveries Winner Daniel Schmidt!
Tune in to hear a selection of artists from Summerfolk 49, a topical request from Dave Rosenfeld and the song that wraps up the fest every year. In order of appearance: Suzie Vinnick, Tio Chorinho, Kobo Town, Kalascima, Elage Diouf, Andrina Turenne, Darol Anger & Bruce Molsky, Shawna Caspi, Diyet & the Love Soldiers, Terra Lightfoot, Little Misty, Meteor Heist, Bryden Gwiss and, finally, Stan Rogers.
This is the Episode 408 of Georgian Bay Roots Radio, hosted by Lloyd Lemon that was released on August 11, 2024. Episode 408 is sponsored by The Georgian Bay Folk Society and the Owen Sound Current, your online source for what's really going on in and around Owen Sound. In this show Lloyd plays music from artists that will be featured at Summerfolk 49 on August 16 to 18 2024 at Nawash Park in Owen Sound. Artists featured include: Lloyd Spiegel; A'Court, Spiegel, & Vinnick, Treasa Levasseur, David Newland, Diyet & The Love Soldiers, Elage Diouf, Kobo Town, Andrea Ramolo featuring Kaliscama, The Fretless, Beppe Gambetta, and Bruce Molsky. We hope you will be able to join us in Owen Sound at Summerfolk 49. Tickets can be purchased at www.summerfolk.org. This program is closed out with a song by Richard Laviolette in recognition of his new album titled “All Wild Things Are Shy” that will be available on September 5, 2024 and a planned Benefit Concert for the Huntington's Society in Richard's Memory featuring many of Richard's musical friends at Heartwood Hall on August 30, 2024.
This week, Hindman, Kentucky writer, educator, vocalist and world champion mountain dulcimer Jedi Sarah Kate Morgan recorded live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park. Also, a special performance by the 2024 Ozark Folk Center Mountain Dulcimer Contest winner Melinda McMillan of Martinsville, IN. “Born of Appalachian soil in Sharps Chapel, Tennessee, Sarah Kate Morgan sings, plays, and writes like she's been in these hills since the dawn of time. She's had plenty of varied influences, beginning with hearing a classical music CD belonging to her family and going on to discover old time music through a dulcimer built by her grandfather. She began playing dulcimer at age 7. This proved to be a pivotal moment. At 18 years old, Sarah Kate placed 1st at the 2012 National Mountain Dulcimer Championships in Winfield, Kansas. She's gone on to build a unique personal style which honors mountain dulcimer giants such as Jean Ritchie while working across genres to build something new. Her dexterous approach to the instrument is one that only masterful artists can bring to the table; much like Bruce Molsky and the fiddle, having been a dedicated student of the dulcimer's complexities Morgan is able to distill them into a beautifully polished package. Well-known and widely respected as one of the leading experts of the mountain dulcimer, Sarah Kate is also a first-rate singer and songwriter. Her earthy and poetic lyrics embrace the highs and lows of southern Appalachian life while her voice does the same – moving between alto and soprano parts with ease. Her crystal-clear but rootsy vocal style combines the best of country, old time, bluegrass, and gospel influences who, like Morgan, foreground their cultural roots. All of this goes hand in hand to create a musical experience akin to a sonic baptism.” - https://www.sarahkatemorgan.com/bio-1 In this week's “From the Vault” segment, OHR producer Jeff Glover offers a 1981 archival recording of Country Music Hall of Fame and Grand Ole Opry member Ramona Jones fiddling out a square dance on the traditional tune “Liberty,” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives. In his segment “Back in the Hills,” writer, professor and historian Dr. Brooks Blevins profiles self-promoting Ozark folk artist and entrepreneur L.L. Broadfoot.
Born of Appalachian soil in Sharps Chapel, Tennessee, Sarah Kate Morgan sings, plays, and writes like she's been in these hills since the dawn of time. She's had plenty of varied influences, beginning with hearing a classical music CD belonging to her family and going on to discover old time music through a dulcimer built by her grandfather. She began playing dulcimer at age 7. This proved to be a pivotal moment. At 18 years old, Sarah Kate placed 1st at the 2012 National Mountain Dulcimer Championships in Winfield, Kansas. She's gone on to build a unique personal style which honors mountain dulcimer giants such as Jean Ritchie while working across genres to build something new. Her dexterous approach to the instrument is one that only masterful artists can bring to the table; much like Bruce Molsky and the fiddle, having been a dedicated student of the dulcimer's complexities Morgan is able to distill them into a beautifully polished package. Well-known and widely respected as one of the leading experts of the mountain dulcimer, Sarah Kate is also a first-rate singer and songwriter. Her earthy and poetic lyrics embrace the highs and lows of southern appalachian life while her voice does the same – moving between alto and soprano parts with ease. Her crystal-clear but rootsy vocal style combines the best of country, old time, bluegrass, and gospel influences who, like Morgan, foreground their cultural roots. All of this goes hand in hand to create a musical experience akin to a sonic baptism. None of this is lost on the giants of roots music. Sarah Kate has performed and/or recorded with artists like Tyler Childers, Alice Gerrard, and Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones. In addition to her musical prowess, Sarah Kate is an accomplished scholar who graduated from Morehead State University with degrees in Traditional Music, Appalachian Studies, and Arts Administration. Currently based in Hindman, Kentucky, she practices, cultivates, teaches, and preserves Appalachian folk traditions in her role as the Hindman Settlement School's Traditional Arts Education Director. Whether calling square dances, playing the mountain dulcimer, or making music and creating art with Appalachian youth, Sarah Kate Morgan's work centers on a lived belief that art and tradition are living, breathing tools that foster hope, build community, and create change.
This week on the program we review the Bruce Molsky recording “Everywhere You Go,” a collection of guitar tunes played by the fiddle and banjo master. We will surround the three tunes from Bruce with a collection of great fingerstyle guitarists, including Bruce Cockburn, Joel Mabus, Davy Graham, and several others. Stop by and hear Bruce Molsky and other guitar masters … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine. Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysJoel Mabus / “Speed the Plow” / Golden Willow Tree / FossilMerle Travis / “Possum Up A Simmon Tree” / Folk Songs of the Hills / CapitolLeo Kottke / “The Ice Miner” / Mudlark / BGOJudy Collins / “The Coming of the Roads” / 5th Album / ElektraJim Kweskin / “Living in the Country” / Unjugged / HornbeamTom Rush / “Panama Limited” / Tom Rush / ElektraCharlie Patton / “Some Summer Day” / Primeval Blues, Rags and Gospel / YazooCorey Harris / “Insurrection Blues” / The Insurrection Blues / M.C.Joel Mabus / “Crossing the Ohio” / Golden Willow Tree / FossilBruce Molsky / “Bye Bye Baby Blues” / Everywhere You Go / Tiki ParlourBruce Molsky / “Kom Hem (Come Home” / Everywhere You Go / Tiki ParlourBruce Molsky / “Dear Jill” / Everywhere You Go / Tiki ParlourBruce Cockburn / “Foxglove” / Night Vision / ESDJohn Martyn / “May You Never” / Solid Air / IslandShirley Collins & Davy Graham / “Blue Monk” / Folk Routes, New Routes / TopicPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways
This week on the show we'll feature some great duets from Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones, Judy Hyman & Jeff Claus, Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller, Audrey & Bruce Molsky and others. We'll also scatter in some vintage recordings by The Blue Sky Boys, and newish ones from Robin & Linda Williams, Ken & Brad Kolodner and many more. We'll have some double fun … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / SmithsonianFolkwaysJess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / “Shakin' Down the Acorns” / Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / Self-producedCarl Jones & Erynn Marshall / “I Need You” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol. 1 / DittyvilleKen & Brad Kolodner / “Wild Bill Jones” / Stony Run / FenchurchThe Blue Sky Boys / “Katy Dear” / Are You From Dixie / RCA-BMGTyler Grant & Robin Kessinger / “Flop Eared Mule” / Kanawha County Flatpicking / Grant CentralRobin & Linda Williams / “High Atmosphere” / Sugar for Sugar / Sugar HillJesse Milnes & Emily Miller / “West Virginia Polka” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol.2 / DittyvilleFrank & Allie Lee / “You Are My Flower” / Treat a Stranger Right / Bake ToneJohn Hartford & Howdy Forrester / “You Ever Heard Secesh” / Home Made Sugar and a Puncheon Floor / Spring FedJohn Hartford & Howdy Forrester / “Secesh” / Home Made Sugar and a Puncheon Floor / Spring FedJess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / “Fire on the Mountain” / Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / Self-ProducedAshlee Watkins & Andrew Small / “Sunny Side of Life” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol.2 / DittyvilleThe Everly Brothers / “Down in the Willow Garden” / Classic Everly Brothers / Bear FamilyBlake & O'Brien / “Tennessee Wagoner” / Be Ready Boys / ShanachieBrother Boys / “Band Box” / Presley's Grocery / Sugar HillErynn Marshall, Carl Jones, Rachel Eddy & Em Hammonds / “She Was Bold and Daring” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol.1 / DittyvilleSara & Maybelle Carter / “Lonesome Pine Special” / Sara & Maybelle Carter / Bear FamilyThe Horsenecks / “Melvin Wine's Uncle Pen” / Started Out in Town / Old-Time Tiki Parlour Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways
This episode presents a setting of Winder Slide by Joe LaRose from a jam at the Peabody Heights Brewery and dives into why fiddle tunes have repeats (and if you have to do them).The artists mentioned are Donna Herbert, Becky Tracy, Joe LaRose, Bruce Molsky, Rayna Gellert, and Bill Dillof.Meg's new fiddle album Broke the Floor is available on Bandcamp!Find the sheet music for this fiddle tune on the Fiddle Studio blog. Get more information about Meg's books, courses, and membership for learning to play the fiddle at fiddlestudio.com.Keep in touch with Meg at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com.
This week we feature the recordings Old-Time Sweethearts Volume 1 & 2 on Dittyville. This project, produced by Erynn Marshall and Rachel Eddy, offers old-time duets from Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones, Judy Hyman & Jeff Claus, Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller, and Audrey & Bruce Molsky. We'll also scatter in duets recorded by The Blue Sky Boys, Robin & Linda Williams, Ken & Brad Kolodner and a few more. Join us for some great old-time duets … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / SmithsonianFolkwaysJess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / “Shakin' Down the Acorns” / Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / Self-producedCarl Jones & Erynn Marshall / “I Need You” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol. 1 / DittyvilleKen & Brad Kolodner / “Wild Bill Jones” / Stony Run / FenchurchThe Blue Sky Boys / “Katy Dear” / Are You From Dixie / RCA-BMGTyler Grant & Robin Kessinger / “Flop Eared Mule” / Kanawha County Flatpicking / Grant CentralRobin & Linda Williams / “High Atmosphere” / Sugar for Sugar / Sugar HillJesse Milnes & Emily Miller / “West Virginia Polka” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol.2 / DittyvilleFrank & Allie Lee / “You Are My Flower” / Treat a Stranger Right / Bake ToneJohn Hartford & Howdy Forrester / “You Ever Heard Secesh” / Home Made Sugar and a Puncheon Floor / Spring FedJohn Hartford & Howdy Forrester / “Secesh” / Home Made Sugar and a Puncheon Floor / Spring FedJess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / “Fire on the Mountain” / Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / Self-producedAshlee Watkins & Andrew Small / “Sunny Side of Life” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol.2 / DittyvilleThe Everly Brothers / “Down in the Willow Garden” / Classic Everly Brothers / Bear FamilyBlake & O'Brien / “Tennessee Wagoner” / Be Ready Boys / ShanachieBrother Boys / “Band Box” / Presley's Grocery / Sugar HillErynn Marshall, Carl Jones, Rachel Eddy & Em Hammonds / “She Was Bold and Daring” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol.1 / DittyvilleSara & Maybelle Carter / “Lonesome Pine Special” / Sara & Maybelle Carter / Bear FamilyThe Horsenecks / “Melvin Wine's Uncle Pen” / Started Out in Town / Old-Time Tiki Parlour Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways
This week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine we begin a new occasional feature. This week we review the new Bruce Molsky recording Everywhere You Go a collection of guitar tunes played by the fiddle and banjo master.We will surround the three tunes from Bruce with a collection of great fingerstyle guitarists. We'll hear Bruce Cockburn, Joel Mabus, Davy Graham, Bruce Cockburn and many more. Bruce is a master musician - stop by and hear his guitar skills on his new CD.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysJoel Mabus / “Speed the Plow” / Golden Willow Tree / FossilMerle Travis / “Possum Up A Simmon Tree” / Folk Songs of the Hills / CapitolLeo Kottke / “The Ice Miner” / Mudlark / BGOJudy Collins / “The Coming of the Roads” / 5th Album / ElektraJim Kweskin / “Living in the Country” / Unjugged / HornbeamTom Rush / “Panama Limited” / Tom Rush / ElektraCharlie Patton / “Some Summer Day” / Primeval Blues, Rags and Gospel / YazooCorey Harris / “Insurrection Blues” / The Insurrection Blues / M.C.Joel Mabus / “Crossing the Ohio” / Golden Willow Tree / FossilBruce Molsky / “Bye Bye Baby Blues” / Everywhere You Go / Tiki ParlourBruce Molsky / “Kom Hem (Come Home” / Everywhere You Go / Tiki ParlourBruce Molsky / “Dear Jill” / Everywhere You Go / Tiki ParlourBruce Cockburn / “Foxglove” / Night Vision / ESDJohn Martyn / “May You Never” / Solid Air / IslandShirley Collins & Davy Graham / “Blue Monk” / Folk Routes, New Routes / TopicPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways
This episode features the fiddle tune Stool of Repentance and covers Megan's advice for violin players interested in getting into fiddling. The artists mentioned are Jenna Moynahan, Daphne Pickens, and Bruce Molsky.Meg's new fiddle album Broke the Floor is available on Bandcamp!Find the sheet music for this fiddle tune on the Fiddle Studio blog. Get more information about Meg's books, courses, and membership for learning to play the fiddle at fiddlestudio.com.Keep in touch with Meg at meganbeller@fiddlestudio.com.
This week, songs about saying goodbye performed by a variety of artists recorded live at Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkansas. Farewells have produced some of our most powerful and emotional works of art. Goodbye is a theme endlessly explored in paintings, sculpture, literature and film. Music is no different. In this episode, we'll hear songs of farewell written for everything from beloved people, to places, careers, innocence, life, and even a horse. Featured are experimental folk ensemble Jayme Stone & the Lomax Project with Moira Smiley, renowned cowboy singer Don Edwards, the Paul Brock Band with Dennis Carey & Dave Curley, Smithsonian Folkways artists Anna & Elizabeth, Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser with cellist Natalie Haas, Texas swing and bluegrass phenomenon The Purple Hulls, John McEuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Smithsonian Folkways artists Lula Wiles, traditional fiddler Bruce Molsky, folk singer and actor Joe Purdy & friends, and ubiquitous cowboy cadre Riders in the Sky. In this week's “From the Vault” segment, musician, educator, and country music legacy Mark Jones offers an archival recording of Ozark original Bob Blair performing the traditional song “Who Will Sing?” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives. Renowned folk musician Aubrey Atwater presents songs about home. Leaving home, missing home, and going home are all themes of Aubrey's segment this week.
This week we revisit Old-Time Sweethearts, Volume 1 & 2 on the Dittyville label. The recording project grew from the isolation of pandemic times, and features music made by musicians from the same household. There are great old-time duets from Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones, Judy Hyman & Jeff Claus, Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller, Audrey & Bruce Molsky and others. Erynn Marshall and Rachel Eddy produced the set. We'll also scatter in recordings by The Blue Sky Boys, Robin & Linda Williams, and Ken & Brad Kolodner. Join us for some great old-time music … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / SmithsonianFolkwaysJess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / “Shakin' Down the Acorns” / Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / Self-producedCarl Jones & Erynn Marshall / “I Need You” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol. 1 / DittyvilleKen & Brad Kolodner / “Wild Bill Jones” / Stony Run / FenchurchThe Blue Sky Boys / “Katy Dear” / Are You From Dixie / RCA-BMGTyler Grant & Robin Kessinger / “Flop Eared Mule” / Kanawha County Flatpicking / Grant CentralRobin & Linda Williams / “High Atmosphere” / Sugar for Sugar / Sugar HillJesse Milnes & Emily Miller / “West Virginia Polka” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol.2 / DittyvilleFrank & Allie Lee / “You Are My Flower” / Treat a Stranger Right / Bake ToneJohn Hartford & Howdy Forrester / “You Ever Heard Secesh” / Home Made Sugar and a Puncheon Floor / Spring FedJohn Hartford & Howdy Forrester / “Secesh” / Home Made Sugar and a Puncheon Floor / Spring FedJess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / “Fire on the Mountain” / Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / Self-ProducedAshlee Watkins & Andrew Small / “Sunny Side of Life” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol.2 / DittyvilleThe Everly Brothers / “Down in the Willow Garden” / Classic Everly Brothers / Bear FamilyBlake & O'Brien / “Tennessee Wagoner” / Be Ready Boys / ShanachieBrother Boys / “Band Box” / Presley's Grocery / Sugar HillErynn Marshall, Carl Jones, Rachel Eddy & Em Hammonds / “She Was Bold and Daring” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol.1 / DittyvilleSara & Maybelle Carter / “Lonesome Pine Special” / Sara & Maybelle Carter / Bear FamilyThe Horsenecks / “Melvin Wine's Uncle Pen” / Started Out in Town / Old-Time Tiki Parlour Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways
Mike Burn's first foray into Old-Time music was as a spoons player in the West Virginia University Forestry Club jug band. He soon moved on to guitar. The Forestry Club led him to Elkins for the Forest Festival where he heard Dwight Diller play in the banjo contest. It was the first time that Mike heard the clawhammer style of banjo playing and he instantly knew that was what he wanted to play. Back in Morgantown, Mike found Ron Mullenax and Jack Ramsey (who became his banjo mentor). Mike heard Highwoods at WVU around the same time and credits Highwoods fiddler, Walt Koken, as a major influence. Travelling to many old-time festivals held throughout WV, afforded Mike the opportunity to meet Melvin Wine, Glen and Delano Smith, Wilson Douglas, Woody Simmons, Carlos Dalton, Mose Coffman, and Sherman, Burl, Maggie, and Mr. Lee Hammons. In following years, he visited these folks at their homes and couldn't get enough of their music and stories. At a festival held at Pipestem State Park in WV, Mike heard Odell McGuire, Scott Nelson, Andy Williams, Brad Leftwich, Al Tharp, and David Winston playing some great, hard driving old time that reminded him of the Highwoods sound. Mike says, “I was now hooked on their brand of music. I followed the music to Lexington, Virginia for the 1975-76 Breaking up Christmas parties. Odell McGuire invited me to stay and I did.” During his time in Lexington, Mike met and became friends with Bruce Molsky, Chad Crum, James Leva, Steve Seal, and so many others. He started playing the fiddle after Odell McGuire told him there were too many banjo players in Lexington. He claims that he still plays the fiddle like a banjo: less notes and lots of rhythm. Mike met his wife, Mary Sue playing in a music session at “Breaking Up Christmas” in Lexington. Mike eventually got a “real Job” as a forester in central West Virginia and once again hooked up with Melvin Wine and Wilson Douglas with whom he played at several of the early Vandalia Gatherings. By 1980, Mike and Mary Sue had settled in Pocahontas County, both with teaching jobs. For an extended time, jobs, kids, and school activities distracted them from serious music playing. Encouragement from musician friends, especially Jay Lockman and Norris Long, and, in Mike's case, the desire to prove wrong his doctor's hopeless pronouncement about the recovery of a broken finger, propelled them back into the music. Their band, “Juanita Fireball and the Continental Drifters” debuted at the Pocahontas County Opera House in 2008 and has been playing ever since. Additionally, Mike and Mary Sue have joined other friends to play Blacksburg Square Dances and the Floyd Country Store. They recently participated in a recording project titled “Dolly & the Devil Festival Season” with musician friends from North Carolina and Virginia. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/story-sessions/support
Welcome to the 300th episode of Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week's special guest on Get Up in the Cool is Bruce Molsky. We recorded this at Wintergrass back in February. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Dandy Jim (02:32) * Geese Honking (12:34) * Hambo Etter Knut Ramlet (26:09) * Tostando Concho (44:19) * Kennedy Rag (53:37) * Bonus track: Breakin' Up Christmas Buy Bruce Molsky's new album Everywhere You Go on his website: https://brucemolsky.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bruce_molsky/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brucemolsky Get Up in the Cool is brought to you in part by Earful of Fiddle this week! Earful of Fiddle is offering an in-person music & dance camp at beautiful Camp Brethren Heights, in central Michigan, on June 19-23, 2022! During its 14th year, Earful of Fiddle will provide instruction in percussive dance, fiddle, guitar, banjo, cello, and uke, along with evening concerts, jams and dances. Instructors include: Jake Blount, Laurel Premo, Rachel Reeds, Lindsay McCaw, Cameron DeWhitt, Ruby John, Bruce Bauman, Nic Gareiss, Tyler Schwartz, and more! To register, visit www.earfuloffiddle.com. Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks! https://get-up-in-the-cool-swag.creator-spring.com/ Sign up at https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/ for my clawhammer instructional series! Check out Cameron's other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set: https://boxset.fireside.fm/ Check out Cameron's old time trio Tall Poppy String Band: https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/
CLICK HERE to listen to episode audio (4:39).Sections below are the following: Transcript of Audio Audio Notes and Acknowledgments ImagesExtra Information Sources Related Water Radio Episodes For Virginia Teachers (Relevant SOLs, etc.). Unless otherwise noted, all Web addresses mentioned were functional as of 4-1-22. TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO From the Cumberland Gap to the Atlantic Ocean, this is Virginia Water Radio for the week of April 4, 2022. This revised episode from May 2013 is part of a series this year of episodes related to trees and shrubs. MUSIC – ~ 16 sec – Lyrics: “Lost my fingers in the Galax mill, Buddy sing a sad old song; And my heart got broke in the yew pine hills, Lordy my time ain't long.” This week, we feature music about some historical aspects of a natural-resource industry that's been important to Virginia's economy for hundreds of years and also plays an important role in managing the Commonwealth's water. Have a listen for about 30 more seconds.MUSIC – ~31 sec – Lyrics: “I started out to loggin' when I was in my prime, Woman don't you weep for me; Hitchin' up the spruce to the big drag lines, You damned old piney mountain; Where the skidders start a-buckin' as the years come down, Buddy sing a sad old song; Makin' God's own thunder on the new-cut ground, Lordy my time ain't long.” You've been listening to part of “Piney Mountains,” by Bruce Molsky on his 2013 album, “If It Ain't Here When I Get Back,” from Tree Frog Music. The song was written by Craig Johnson, a highly-regarded string-band musician who died in North Carolina in 2009. Focusing on one logger-turned-millworker's tragic accident in a Galax, Virginia, mill, the song weaves in several aspects of the history of the forest industry in the southeastern states: hard work and rough leisure by loggers, opportunities and risks of working in sawmills and furniture factories, economic ups and downs of resource-based industries, changes to landscapes after land uses change, and a rich heritage of traditional music. With a complex history, forest use and management in Virginia remains of vital economic and ecological importance, including for water resources. As the Virginia Department of Forestry has stated, quote, “In addition to lumber, paper, and a host of other products, forests provide benefits called ‘ecosystem services,'” unquote. Those services include air quality, water quality, soil conservation, outdoor recreation, wildlife habitat, carbon storage, and scenic beauty. As of 2017, over 16 million acres in Virginia—about 62 percent of the state—were covered by forests, and those forests provided an estimated $30 billion annually in economic benefits, considering both forest products and ecosystem services. At the same time, forest-related work can still be hazardous, as it was for the narrator in this week's music. Logging, for example, typically has higher workplace injury and fatality rates than other occupations. With connections and impacts like these, piney mountains and other wooded landscapes will continue to influence Virginia's economy, culture, wildlife, air, and water. Thanks to Bruce Molsky for permission to use this week's music, and we close with about 15 more seconds of “Piney Mountains.” MUSIC – ~ 16 sec – instrumental. SHIP'S BELL Virginia Water Radio is produced by the Virginia Water Resources Research Center, part of Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment. For more Virginia water sounds, music, or information, visit us online at virginiawaterradio.org, or call the Water Center at (540) 231-5624. Thanks to Ben Cosgrove for his version of “Shenandoah” to open and close this episode. In Blacksburg, I'm Alan Raflo, thanking you for listening, and wishing you health, wisdom, and good water. AUDIO NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This Virginia Water Radio episode revises and replaces Episode 160, 5-6-13. “Piney Mountains,” from the 2013 album “If It Ain't Here When I Get Back,” is copyright 2013 by Bruce Molsky and Tree Frog Music, used with permission. More information about Bruce Molsky is available online at http://www.brucemolsky.com. Information on Craig Johnson was taken from his December 2009 obituary online at http://www.cremnc.com/sitemaker/sites/Cremat2/obit.cgi?user=151400Johnson; and “Most Done Traveling: A Tribute to Craig Johnson,” by Dave Shombert in the Dec. 2009-Jan. 2010 issue of The Old Time Herald (Durham, N.C.), online at https://www.oldtimeherald.org/issues/volume-12-number-2/(subscription required for access) [Used this source in 2013]. Virginia Water Radio thanks Jennifer Gagnon, Virginia Tech Department of Forest Resources and Conservation, for her help with the original version of this episode, done in 2013. Click here if you'd like to hear the full version (2 min./22 sec.) of the “Shenandoah” arrangement/performance by Ben Cosgrove that opens and closes this episode. More information about Mr. Cosgrove is available online at http://www.bencosgrove.com. IMAGES Percentage of forest land in Virginia counties as of 2016. Map taken from the Virginia Department of Forestry, “Virginia Statewide Assessment of Forest Resources,” November 2020, page 40. The report is available online (as a PDF) at https://www.stateforesters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2020-VA-Statewide-Assessment.pdf. The original source is Thomas J. Brandeis et al., “Virginia's Forests, 2016,” Resource Bulletin SRS–223, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Asheville, N.C., 2018. Forests made up much of the watershed surrounding a Bedford County, Virginia, reservoir (center of photo) in this April 21, 2011, photo from Peaks of Otter. EXTRA INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF FORESTS IN VIRGINIA The following information on trends and threats for Virginia's forest lands is from the Virginia Department of Forestry, “Virginia Statewide Assessment of Forest Resources,” November 2020, page 10. The report is available online (as a PDF) at https://www.stateforesters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2020-VA-Statewide-Assessment.pdf. Virginia's Forest Trends, Conditions, and Threats SummarySeveral important changes, trends, and threats in Virginia are likely to significantly impact the health,quality, and extent of Virginia's forests in the foreseeable future. TrendsPopulation growth and expanding metropolitan areas;Changes in forest ownership;Rising forest volumes;Positive growth/drain ratio for hardwood and softwood forests;Consistent timber harvest numbers and application of water quality Best Management Practices. ThreatsWildland fire and growing wildland urban interface;Declining diminished tree species;Declining hardwood resource;Forestland fragmentation and conversion;Forest health issues;Changing forest industry;Climate change;Funding of conservation work and programs. These trends and threats will increase the need for: innovative and proactive wildfire prevention andsuppression; water quality protection; forest stewardship; forest health management; and urbanforestry efforts in all areas of the Commonwealth. SOURCES Used for Audio University of Washington/Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center, “Logging,” online at https://deohs.washington.edu/pnash/logging. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “The facts of the faller: Occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities to loggers, 2006–2015,” by Jill Jonacha and Caleb Hopler, Beyond the Numbers, April 2018, online at https://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-7/the-facts-of-the-faller-occupational-injuries-illnesses-and-fatalities-to-loggers-2006-2015.htm. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “State Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities,” online at https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshstate.htm#VA. U.S. Department of Agriculture/U.S. Forest Service, “State and Private Forestry Fact Sheet—Virginia 2022,” online (as a PDF) at https://apps.fs.usda.gov/nicportal/temppdf/sfs/naweb/VA_std.pdf. Virginia Department of Forestry:“Virginia's Forests,” online at https://dof.virginia.gov/;“Benefits of Trees,” online at https://dof.virginia.gov/education-and-recreation/learn-about-education-recreation/benefits-of-tree/(this is the source of the quote used in the audio);“Virginia's Forest History,” online at https://dof.virginia.gov/forest-markets-sustainability/learn-about-forest-markets-sustainability/virginias-forest-history/; and“Virginia Statewide Assessment of Forest Resources,” November 2020, online (as a PDF) at https://www.stateforesters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2020-VA-Statewide-Assessment.pdf(see page 19 for statistics on forested land; p. 21 for economic benefits; and p. 23 for water quality benefits). For More Information about Trees and Shrubs in Virginia and Elsewhere Center for Watershed Protection, “Trees and Stormwater Runoff,” online at https://www.cwp.org/reducing-stormwater-runoff/. Chesapeake Bay Program, “Field Guide: Plants and Trees,” online at https://www.chesapeakebay.net/discover/field-guide/all/plants_trees/all. Oscar W. Gupton and Fred C. Swope, Trees and Shrubs of Virginia, University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, 1981. Sanglin Lee and Alan Raflo, “Trees and Water,” Viriginia Water Resources Research Center, Virginia Water Central Newsletter, pages 13-18, online at https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/49367. (A Virginia Cooperative Extension version of this article—“Trees and Water,” by Sanglin Lee, Alan Raflo, and Jennifer Gagnon, 2018—with some slight differences in the text is available online at https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/pubs_ext_vt_edu/en/ANR/ANR-18/ANR-18NP.html.) Texas A&M University AgriLife Extension, “How Trees Grow,” online at https://agrilife.org/treecarekit/introduction-to-tree-care/how-trees-grow/. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, Forests of Virginia, 2018, Resource Update FS-264, Asheville, N.C., 2020; available online at https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/59963. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)/Natural Resources Conservation Service Plants Database, online at https://plants.usda.gov. Virginia Botanical Associates, “Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora,” online at http://www.vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=start&search=Search. Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation/Natural Heritage Division, online at https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural-heritage/. Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program, Virginia Cooperative Extension and Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources and Environment, online at https://forestupdate.frec.vt.edu/. Virginia Forest Products Association, online at https://www.vfpa.net/. Virginia Native Plant Society, online at http://vnps.org/. A.S. Weakley, J.C. Ludwig, and J.F. Townsend, Flora of Virginia, Bland Crowder, ed. Copyright by the Foundation of the Flora of Virginia Project, Inc., Richmond. Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Fort Worth, 2012. This is the first comprehensive manual of Virginia plants published since the 1700s. The Flora of Virginia Project is online at https://floraofvirginia.org/. RELATED VIRGINIA WATER RADIO EPISODES All Water Radio episodes are listed by category at the Index link above (http://www.virginiawaterradio.org/p/index.html). See particularly the “Plants” subject category.Following are links to other episodes on trees and shrubs. Introduction to trees and water – Episode 621, 3-21-22.American Sycamore – Episode 176, 8-26-13.American Witch Hazel – Episode 238, 10-31-14.Ash trees – Episode 376, 7-10-17. Early spring wildflowers in woodlands – Episode 573, 4-19-21.Maple trees – Episode 503, 12-16-19. Photosynthesis – Episode 602, 11-8-21. Poison Ivy and related plants, including the shrub Poison Sumac – Episode 535, 7-27-20. Rhododendrons – Episode 574, 4-26-21. Tree buds – Episode 622, 3-28-22. Tree colors and changes in fall, including to water movement – Episode 285, 10-9-15. FOR VIRGINIA TEACHERS – RELATED STANDARDS OF LEARNING (SOLs) AND OTHER INFORMATION Following are some Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs) that may be supported by this episode's audio/transcript, sources, or other information included in this post. 2020 Music SOLs SOLs at various grade levels that call for “examining the relationship of music to the other fine arts and other fields of knowledge.” 2018 Science SOLs Grade 6 6.6 – Water has unique physical properties and has a role in the natural and human-made environment. 6.8 – Land and water have roles in watershed systems. 6.9 – Humans impact the environment and individuals can influence public policy decisions related to energy and the environment. Life Science LS.9 – Relationships exist between ecosystem dynamics and human activity. Earth Science ES.6 – Resource use is complex. ES.8 – Freshwater resources influence and are influenced by g
Bruce Molsky in conversation with Rita Ryan of LocalMotion 3.23.22
This time around, we add a new occasional feature – a review and some selections from a recent recording. Starting off, the Bruce Molsky project “Everywhere You Go,” a collection of guitar tunes played by the fiddle and banjo master. Surrounding the three tunes from Bruce is a collection of tunes from several great finger-style guitarists. Listen for Bruce Cockburn, Joel Mabus, Davy Graham, and other fine musicians. Stop by and hear Bruce's guitar skills as displayed on his new CD … this week on the Sing Out! Radio Magazine. Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysJoel Mabus / “Speed the Plow” / Golden Willow Tree / FossilMerle Travis / “Possum Up A Simmon Tree” / Folk Songs of the Hills / CapitolLeo Kottke / “The Ice Miner” / Mudlark / BGOJudy Collins / “The Coming of the Roads” / 5th Album / ElektraJim Kweskin / “Living in the Country” / Unjugged / HornbeamTom Rush / “Panama Limited” / Tom Rush / ElektraCharlie Patton / “Some Summer Day” / Primeval Blues, Rags and Gospel / YazooCorey Harris / “Insurrection Blues” / The Insurrection Blues / M.C.Joel Mabus / “Crossing the Ohio” / Golden Willow Tree / FossilBruce Molsky / “Bye Bye Baby Blues” / Everywhere You Go / Tiki ParlourBruce Molsky / “Kom Hem (Come Home)” / Everywhere You Go / Tiki ParlourBruce Molsky / “Dear Jill” / Everywhere You Go / Tiki ParlourBruce Cockburn / “Foxglove” / Night Vision / ESDJohn Martyn / “May You Never” / Solid Air / IslandShirley Collins & Davy Graham / “Blue Monk” / Folk Routes, New Routes / TopicPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways
The intro and interstitial tracks from today's episode are Hell Broke Loose in Georgia from The Latter Day Lizards' 2002 album Sleeping on a Rock, Midnight on the Water from The Latter Day Lizards' 2007 album Rainy Night in Montague, The Old Favorite/The Return from Paris from Childsplay's 1994 album Twelve Gated City, Rainy Night in Montague from The Latter Day Lizards' 2007 album Rainy Night in Montague, and Early June/Roscoe/Fiddler's Dream from The Latter Day Lizards' 2002 album Sleeping on a Rock. Of these tunes, Early June and Return from Paris were composed by Dave!See the Contra Pulse website for transcripts and more. Or click here to download it directly.And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent.See and hear Dave in action:Visit these links to learn more about Dave'sbands: Big Bandemonium, The Latter Day Lizards, Les Z Boys, Childsplay, and Stomp Rocket.Check out this video of Big Bandemonium in action at the guiding star grange, filmed by Ray Sebold. There are a lot of recognizable faces in this video, including Ralph Sweet! And here's another Big Bandemonium video at the Portland Raindance 2011.See Dave play with Latter Day Lizards at the 2020 Contra Carnivale.Here's a video of Dave playing with Supertrad, the Sam Bartlett and Eric Schedler duo.Here is a video of Dave playing with Childsplay at The National Heritage Museum in Lexington, MA. (At 6:23 you can hear Dave (off camera) play 4 beats and lead off the tune "Ways of the World.")You can see Dave playing with Stomp Rocket at the Portland Intown Contra Dance in 2018 in this video.Odds and ends mentioned in this interview:Several people Dave mentions have been on their own Contra Pulse episodes: Sam Bartlett, Kate Barnes, Becky Tracy, Larry UngerRalph Sweet's Powder Mill Barn.Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins, West Virginia.Dave mentioned some of his teachers, and inspirations including Pete Sutherland, Liz Carroll, Johnny Gimble, Bruce Molsky, and Lisa Ornstein.Here is an article about fiddlemaker Bob Childs, who made Dave's fiddle.
Listen to the new re-arranged traditional record: FOLK SONGS FOR OLD TIMES' SAKE Featured in this Episode: Traditional - “Man of Constant Sorrow” (:28) Ma Rainey (13:08) Bill Monroe (31:40) Patsy Cline (51:29) Bruce Molsky (1:08:17) Teaser: Thought to be rooted in the early hymns brought to America, this old-time folk song has reveled in the spotlight more than once in the roots music community, especially after being featured in the 2000 film “O' Brother Where Art Thou.” A defining voice of the 1920's and 1930's, this female artist wrote the book on fashion, songwriting, and entrepreneurship while harnessing the soul of the blues in some of the earliest recordings of the genre. Dubbed the Father and creator of Bluegrass music, this mandolin aficionado learned how to weave the blues with old-time with piercing tenor mountain harmonies and blistering fast tempos. A life taken too soon, this woman's voice epitomized country music for nearly a decade, and inspired generations of singers in her wake, even until today. A scholar, teacher and virtuosic fiddle and banjo player, he's a quintessential “musician's musician” and is widely considered among the premier ambassadors of America's old-time mountain music. Performances: “Man of Constant Sorrow” - Traditional (10:14) “Prove It On Me Blues” - Ma Rainey (28:26) “In the Pines” - Traditional (47:50) “Walkin' After Midnight” 1:06:20 “Red Rocking Chair” | 1:20:48 --- "Shine A Light" | Cultural Equity Follow American Songcatcher | Instagram Support Independent Programming | Join the Patreon or send a one-time donation through Venmo or PayPal Source Credits: Traditional: Black Deer Festival | American Songwriter | Country Thang Daily Ma Rainey: Women's HIstory | National Museum African American History | Black Past | Bill Monroe: Folkways | Britannica | Alan Cackett | Bluegrass Hall of Fame Patsy Cline: Grunge | Biography | Britannica Bruce Molsky: Official | WBUR | Banjo News --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/americansongcatcher/support
Bruce Molsky is one of the most revered “multi-hyphenated career” ambassadors for America's old-time mountain music. For decades, he's been a globetrotting performer and educator, a recording artist with an expansive discography including seven solo albums, well over a dozen collaborations and two Grammy-nominations. He's also the classic “musician's musician” – a man who's received high praise from diverse fans and collaborators like Linda Ronstadt, Mark Knopfler, Celtic giants Donal Lunny and Andy Irvine, jazzer Bill Frisell and dobro master Jerry Douglas, a true country gentleman by way of the Big Apple aptly dubbed “the Rembrandt of Appalachian fiddlers” by virtuoso violinist and sometimes bandmate Darol Anger. Matt reminisces about studying fiddle with Bruce, and they cover a wide variety of topics including Bruce's highly-anticipated guitar album, his responsibilities as an educator, and why he likes collecting fountain pens.
For this week’s program we’ll feature the new recordings Old-Time Sweethearts Volume 1 & 2 on the Dittyville label. These recordings offer some great old-time duets from Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones, Judy Hyman & Jeff Claus, Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller, Audrey & Bruce Molsky and others. We'll also scatter recordings by The Blue Sky Boys, Robin & Linda Williams, Ken & Brad Kolodner and many more. Join us for some great old-time music … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. Episode #21-17: Old-Time Duets Host: Tom Druckenmiller Artist/”Song”/CD/Label Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / SmithsonianFolkways Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / “Shakin' Down the Acorns” / Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / Self-produced Carl Jones & Erynn Marshall / “I Need You” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol. 1 / Dittyville Ken & Brad Kolodner / “Wild Bill Jones” / Stony Run / Fenchurch The Blue Sky Boys / “Katy Dear” / Are You From Dixie / RCA-BMG Tyler Grant & Robin Kessinger / “Flop Eared Mule” / Kanawha County Flatpicking / Grant Central Robin & Linda Williams / “High Atmosphere” / Sugar for Sugar / Sugar Hill Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller / “West Virginia Polka” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol.2 / Dittyville Frank & Allie Lee / “You Are My Flower” / Treat a Stranger Right / Bake Tone John Hartford & Howdy Forrester / “You Ever Heard Secesh” / Home Made Sugar and a Puncheon Floor / Spring Fed John Hartford & Howdy Forrester / “Secesh” / Home Made Sugar and a Puncheon Floor / Spring Fed Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / “Fire on the Mountain” / Jess McIntosh & Aaron Smith / Self-Produced Ashlee Watkins & Andrew Small / “Sunny Side of Life” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol.2 / Dittyville The Everly Brothers / “Down in the Willow Garden” / Classic Everly Brothers / Bear Family Blake & O'Brien / “Tennessee Wagoner” / Be Ready Boys / Shanachie Brother Boys / “Band Box” / Presley's Grocery / Sugar Hill Erynn Marshall, Carl Jones, Rachel Eddy & Em Hammonds / “She Was Bold and Daring” / Old-Time Sweethearts Vol.1 / Dittyville Sara & Maybelle Carter / “Lonesome Pine Special” / Sara & Maybelle Carter / Bear Family The Horsenecks / “Melvin Wine's Uncle Pen” / Started Out in Town / Old-Time Tiki Parlour Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways
Bruce Molsky sings Piney Mountains, accompanying himself on fiddle with Joe Newberry singing harmony. This arrangement takes its melody from his vocals. People have asked for tab, which will be uploaded in the tab archive.
Bruce Molsky sings Piney Mountains, accompanying himself on fiddle with Joe Newberry singing harmony. This arrangement takes its melody from his vocals. People have asked for tab, which will be uploaded in the tab archive.
Lone Prairie has a long history, coming from the popular old song Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie, which derived from a ballad called Ocean Burial, or Burial at Sea. These arrangements have five sources, ranging in dates from 1927 - 2011 and including Carl Sprague, Harvey "Pappy" Taylor, Bruce Molsky, Wade Ward, and Jon Bekoff. Check out the TOTW link to learn more.
Lone Prairie has a long history, coming from the popular old song Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie, which derived from a ballad called Ocean Burial, or Burial at Sea. These arrangements have five sources, ranging in dates from 1927 - 2011 and including Carl Sprague, Harvey "Pappy" Taylor, Bruce Molsky, Wade Ward, and Jon Bekoff. Check out the TOTW link to learn more.
Grammy nominee Bruce Molsky interviewed by Rita Ryan of LocalMotion on 91.3 WVKR 12.2.20
This week, we conclude our 2-part celebration of Rounder Records with a collection of their great old-time recordings. We'll hear Norman & Nancy Blake, Benton Flippen, John Hartford, Mike Seeger, The Highwoods String Band and many more. A golden anniversary celebration for Rounder Records … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. Episode #20-46: Happy 50th Rounder Records, Pt.2 Host: Tom Druckenmiller Artist/”Song”/CD/Label Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways James Bryan / “Flandery's Dream” / The First of May / Rounder Norman & Nancy Blake / “Billy Gray” / Blind Dog / Rounder J.P & Annadeene Fraley / “Maysville” / Maysville / Rounder Trapezoid / “Medley” / Now & Then / Flying Fish The Red Clay Ramblers / “Fourth of July at a Country Fair” / Chuckin' the Frizz / Flying Fish The Volo Bogtrotters / “Quit That Ticklin' Me” / Old-Time Music on the Air Volume 1 / Rounder Friendly Four Quartet / “Way Down in my Soul” / WPAQ The Voice of the Blue Ridge Mountais / Rounder Benton Flippen / “Sally in the Turnip Patch” / Old Time, New Times / Rounder The Critten Hollow String Band / “Crow Creek” / Old-Time Music on the Air Volume 2 / Rounder James Bryan / “Willow Creek” / The Fist of May / Rounder John Hartford / “Lost Indian” / The Speed of the Old Long Bow / Rounder Ed Haley / “Wild Horse” / Grey Eagle / Rounder Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin / “Alabama Waltz-Wolves Howling” / A Song That Will Linger / Rounder Highwoods Stringband / “Ways of the World” / Fire On the Mountain / Rounder Mike Seeger / “Boatman” / Fresh Old-Time String Band Music / Rounder Bruce Molsky & Big Hoedown / “Rocky Mountains” / Bruce Molsky & Big Hoedown / Rounder Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways
Sights and Sounds is your weekly guide the Bay Area arts scene through the eyes and ears of local artists. During shelter-in-place, instead of recommending in-person events, we're offering suggestions for ways to experience art and culture from home. This week, host Jenee Darden speaks with Grammy-nominated violinist Alisa Rose, of the chamber folk duo Scroggins & Rose. Groupmuse This website brings classical concerts by local musicians to your living room. During quarantine, musicians are performing virtually and you can live stream to watch them perform. Peghead Nation Learn roots music through online instruction on PegheadNation.com. They’re teaching banjo, guitar, bass, violin and a host of other courses. Alisa is currently learning about older fiddle tunes with old-time fiddle great Bruce Molsky. Quaratunes This variety show happens every Wednesday evening. It features mostly local Bay Area musicians and music fans. Organizers say they will run Quarantunes for as long as the
For the old-time Tune of the Week for 4/3/20, Jaw Bone (aka The Old Jaw Bone) is arranged from Bruce Molsky and the Mountain Drifters. Bruce is faithful to the older resources and got his from Pope's Arkansas Mountaineers. I keep thinking Jaw Bone is the name of a horse in the song, which has lyrics...
For the old-time Tune of the Week for 4/3/20, Jaw Bone (aka The Old Jaw Bone) is arranged from Bruce Molsky and the Mountain Drifters. Bruce is faithful to the older resources and got his from Pope's Arkansas Mountaineers. I keep thinking Jaw Bone is the name of a horse in the song, which has lyrics...
For the old-time Tune of the Week for 4/3/20, Jaw Bone (aka The Old Jaw Bone) is arranged from Bruce Molsky and the Mountain Drifters. Bruce is faithful to the older resources and got his from Pope's Arkansas Mountaineers. I keep thinking Jaw Bone is the name of a horse in the song, which has lyrics...
Anyone familiar with what is called "old-time" music knows the name Bruce Molsky. As a fiddler, singer, and guitar and banjo player, he has helped keep traditional American folk music alive and well for the better part of fifty years. I interviewed Bruce at the Oly Old-Time Music Festival in Olympia, Washington, in 2016.
More than a time, it’s a feeling, a style, and a sound. It’s “Oldtime.” In this special episode, OHR explores this rich international music genre. Sit a spell with Dave Smith and Mark Jones. Enjoy uncommon music performed by world class traditional Oldtime artists recorded live at Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkansas. Featured on this episode are The April Verch Band, David Holt & Josh Goforth, Love Holler, Harmony, The Lazy Goat String Band with Dom Flemons, The Downhill Strugglers, Bruce Molsky, Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton, Lukas and Eden Pool, The Hogslop String Band, Betse Ellis & Clarke Wyatt, and The Ozark Highballers. In this week’s “From the Vault” segment, musician, educator, and country music legacy Mark Jones offers a 1978 archival recording of Ozark original Sam Younger and himself performing the song “Kicking Mule,” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives. In his segment “Back in the Hills,” writer, professor, and historian Dr. Brooks Blevins investigates historic outlaws of the Ozarks. Many famous outlaws including Bonnie & Clyde and Pretty Boy Floyd have hidden out in the Ozarks. Brooks guides us through this cult of criminality, recounting details of the Ozark experiences of Bonnie & Clyde in part two of this series called “Public Enemy.”
Inspired by RG for this week's TOTW and listening to Roscoe Holcomb, Bruce Molsky, Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby, here's a version of the ballad Hills of Mexico.
Inspired by RG for this week's TOTW and listening to Roscoe Holcomb, Bruce Molsky, Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby, here's a version of the ballad Hills of Mexico.
Inspired by RG for this week's TOTW and listening to Roscoe Holcomb, Bruce Molsky, Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby, here's a version of the ballad Hills of Mexico.
A legend of American Old-Time music, Bruce Molsky shares his story and philosophy towards playing traditional folk music with reverence, respect, and personal expression. He talks about his story falling head over heels for American folk music and names some of his heroes and mentors in the Round Peak style that is one of the roots of his sound. www.brucemolsky.com www.mountaindrifters.com
In this episode, recorded in front of a live audience at the Sierra Fiddle Camp, clawhammer banjoist Allison de Groot shares her story of delving deep into the Appalachian Banjo tradition while growing up in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She talks about working with luminaries like Bruce Molsky and Tatiana Hargreaves and talks about her work researching the playing of great woman banjo players from the past. The opening tune "Wabash Blues" is from the playing of Virginian banjo player Hobart Smith but originally entered the tradition from the playing of an enslaved African musician. The set of tunes at the end starts with "Frederick's Jig" written by Allison and finishes with the classic traditional tune "Buffalo Gals". For more about Allison check out her website: www.allisondegroot.com
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Charmaine Slaven & Charlie Beck of Squirrel Butter! We recorded this at Scott Killops’ house during the Portland Old Time Music Gathering. This episode of Get up in the Cool is sponsored by the Oregon nonprofit, Mud City Old-Time Society. They want you to join them for the third annual Willamette Valley Old-Time Social May 3-6 in Eugene, Oregon. This year the social features; the Horsenecks, Gabe Strand, Rebecca Stout, the Local Honeys and even a special surprise string band workshop with Bruce Molsky, Allison de Groot and Stash Wyslouch from Molsky's Mountain Drifters! There will be camping, jamming and lots of fun throughout the weekend. You can be a part of the thriving Pacific Northwest old-time music scene and experience the community-building power of traditional American music and dance! More info at http://www.mudcityoldtime.org/thesocial Tunes we’ll play: Rock the Cradle Lucy Got A Little Home To Go To Avalon Quickstep California Cotillion Sal Will You Marry Me Kennesaw Mountain Rag Bonus Track: Jack and Mae Squirrel Butter’s website: http://squirrelbutter.com/ Squirrel Butter on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/squirrelbutter/ Squirrel Butter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/squirrelbuttery Buy Squirrel Butter’s albums: http://squirrelbutter.com/SquirrelButter/ListenBuy.html Charlie Beck’s website: http://www.charliebeck.net/ Charmaine Slaven’s website: http://www.charmaineslaven.com/ Never Miss Missing You music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkbLIBZgt1w Flatfooting DVD (available for stream or order): http://www.charmaineslaven.com/Charmaine_Slaven/Flatfooter.html Tractor Tavern Monday Night Square Dance on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tractorsquares/ Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Like and follow Get Up in the Cool on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getupinthecool/ Join Get Up in the Cool's Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/getupinthecool/ Buy Get Up in the Cool Vol. 1: https://camerondewhitt.bandcamp.com/ Cameron DeWhitt's website: http://www.camerondewhitt.com/
in studio Fabio Lossani e Giancarlo Nostrini..Abbiamo ascoltato :..Bruce Molsky, Arto Järvelä e Ånon Egeland - Shaking Off the Acorns (album Rauland Rambles ed. Taragot 2016)..Bruce Molsky, Arto Järvelä e Ånon Egeland - Reuben (album Rauland Rambles ed. Taragot 2016)..Bruce Molsky, Arto Järvelä e Ånon Egeland - Ein Gamle-Jens spila jamt når han kom ifrå (album Rauland Rambles ed. Taragot 2016)..Claudio Zappi - Non c'è pace tra gli ulivi (album Secondo ed. Incipit Records 2017)..Claudio Zappi - Lom a merz (album Secondo ed. Incipit Records 2017)..Enrico Negro - Ma maire/La perugia (album La memoria dell'acqua ed. Solitunes records 2015)..Enrico Negro - Sestrina/Levantina 1 e 2 (album La memoria dell'acqua ed. Solitunes records 2015)
in studio Fabio Lossani e Giancarlo Nostrini..Abbiamo ascoltato :..Bruce Molsky, Arto Järvelä e Ånon Egeland - Shaking Off the Acorns (album Rauland Rambles ed. Taragot 2016)..Bruce Molsky, Arto Järvelä e Ånon Egeland - Reuben (album Rauland Rambles ed. Taragot 2016)..Bruce Molsky, Arto Järvelä e Ånon Egeland - Ein Gamle-Jens spila jamt når han kom ifrå (album Rauland Rambles ed. Taragot 2016)..Claudio Zappi - Non c'è pace tra gli ulivi (album Secondo ed. Incipit Records 2017)..Claudio Zappi - Lom a merz (album Secondo ed. Incipit Records 2017)..Enrico Negro - Ma maire/La perugia (album La memoria dell’acqua ed. Solitunes records 2015)..Enrico Negro - Sestrina/Levantina 1 e 2 (album La memoria dell’acqua ed. Solitunes records 2015)
in studio Fabio Lossani e Giancarlo Nostrini..Abbiamo ascoltato :..Bruce Molsky, Arto Järvelä e Ånon Egeland - Shaking Off the Acorns (album Rauland Rambles ed. Taragot 2016)..Bruce Molsky, Arto Järvelä e Ånon Egeland - Reuben (album Rauland Rambles ed. Taragot 2016)..Bruce Molsky, Arto Järvelä e Ånon Egeland - Ein Gamle-Jens spila jamt når han kom ifrå (album Rauland Rambles ed. Taragot 2016)..Claudio Zappi - Non c'è pace tra gli ulivi (album Secondo ed. Incipit Records 2017)..Claudio Zappi - Lom a merz (album Secondo ed. Incipit Records 2017)..Enrico Negro - Ma maire/La perugia (album La memoria dell’acqua ed. Solitunes records 2015)..Enrico Negro - Sestrina/Levantina 1 e 2 (album La memoria dell’acqua ed. Solitunes records 2015)
This week, preeminent old time fiddler Bruce Molsky and his Molsky’s Mountain Drifters recorded live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park. Mark Jones offers an archival recording of Ozark original Moon Mullins performing the tune “Tiptoe Through the Tulips.” Author, folklorist, and songwriter Charley Sandage presents a portrait of the M&NA railroad of the Ozarks, featuring an original song & interview from Tom Simmons, the very first director of the Ozark Folk Center. Bruce Molsky is a self-described “street kid” from the Bronx who bailed on college and big city life for a cold-water cabin in Virginia in the 1970s. His mission? To soak up the passion that was dramatically upending his parent’s life plan for him – authentic Appalachian mountain music – at the feet of its legendary pioneers, old masters who are now long gone. Molsky’s Mountain Drifters also includes banjoist Allison de Groot and guitarist & singer Stash Wyslouch. Today, Bruce Molsky is one of the most revered “multi-hyphenated career” ambassadors for America’s old-time mountain music. For decades, he’s been a globetrotting performer and educator, a recording artist with an expansive discography including seven solo albums, well over a dozen collaborations and two Grammy-nominations. He’s also the classic “musician’s musician” – a man who’s received high praise from diverse fans and collaborators like Linda Ronstadt, Mark Knopfler, Celtic giants Donal Lunny and Andy Irvine, jazzer Bill Frisell and dobro master Jerry Douglas, a true country gentleman by way of the Big Apple aptly dubbed “the Rembrandt of Appalachian fiddlers” by virtuoso violinist and sometimes bandmate Darol Anger. Molsky digs deep to transport audiences to another time and place, with his authentic feel for and the unearthing of almost-forgotten rarities from the Southern Appalachian songbook. His foils are not only his well-regarded fiddle work, but banjo, guitar and his distinctly resonant vocals. From tiny folk taverns in the British Isles to huge festival stages to his ongoing workshops at the renowned Berklee College of Music, Molsky seduces audiences with a combination of rhythmic and melodic virtuosity and relaxed conversational wit – a uniquely humanistic, downhome approach that can make Carnegie Hall feel like a front porch or parlor jam session. - https://www.mountaindrifters.com In this week’s “From the Vault” segment, musician, educator, and country music legacy Mark Jones offers an archival recording of Ozark original Moon Mullins performing the tune “Tiptoe Through the Tulips,” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives. Author, folklorist, and songwriter Charley Sandage presents an historical portrait of the people, events, and indomitable spirit of Ozark culture that resulted in the creation of the Ozark Folk Center State Park and its enduring legacy of music and craft. This episode brings us a portrait of the M&NA railroad of the Ozarks, featuring an original song & interview from Tom Simmons, the very first director of the Ozark Folk Center.
Ozark Highlands Radio is a weekly radio program that features live music and interviews recorded at Ozark Folk Center State Park’s beautiful 1,000-seat auditorium in Mountain View, Arkansas. In addition to the music, our “Feature Host” segments take listeners through the Ozark hills with historians, authors, and personalities who explore the people, stories, and history of the Ozark region. This week, neo-folk, Americana, and progressive bluegrass sensation Jayme Stone & The Lomax Project recorded live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park. Also, interviews with Jayme about his music and the ambitious Lomax Project. Mark Jones offers an archival recording of Ozark original Mona Fay Moody performing the traditional song “I Will Never Marry.” Two-time Juno-winning banjoist, composer and instigator Jayme Stone makes music inspired by sounds from around the world—bridging folk, jazz, and chamber music. His award-winning albums both defy and honor the banjo’s long role in the world’s music, turning historical connections into compelling sounds. Stone is the consummate collaborator, unearthing musical artifacts and magnetizing extraordinary artists to help rekindle these understudied sounds. He is a passionate educator, producer, and instigator. Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project focuses on songs collected by folklorist and field recording pioneer Alan Lomax. This collaboration brings together distinctive and creative roots musicians to revive, recycle and reimagine traditional music. The repertoire includes Bahamian sea shanties, Sea Island spirituals, Appalachian ballads, fiddle tunes and work songs collected from both well-known musicians and everyday folk: sea captains, cowhands, fishermen, prisoners and homemakers. Collaborators on this particular live show include Moira Smiley and Tristan Clarridge. Moira Smiley is a singer & composer who creates and performs new work for voices. A musical polyglot, and vocal shape-shifter, her voice – and composing – are heard on feature films, BBC & PBS television programs, NPR, and on more than 60 albums. When she’s not leading her own group, Moira Smiley & VOCO, Moira tours with Indie artist tUnE-yArDs, Irish music powerhouse, Solas, The Lomax Project and Billy Child’s “Laura Nyro Re-Imagined.” Recent solo performances include TED, Stravinsky’s ‘Les Noces,’ the London Proms Festival, features on BBC3’s The Choir, and ABC Australia’s Books & Arts programs. Moira’s recordings feature spare, vocally driven collections of warped traditional songs, original polyphony and body percussion. In addition to her performing work, she is in high demand as a choral clinician, composer and arranger. Multi-instrumentalist Tristan Clarridge is a 5-time Grand National Fiddle Champion and a pioneering cellist, synthesizing traditional folk influences with rhythmic vocabulary from jazz, rock and pop music, and leading a revolution among adventurous young cellists throughout the country. He has toured the world with bluegrass/nu-folk sensation Crooked Still and Darol Anger’s Republic of Strings, as well as Mike Marshall, Bruce Molsky and Cape Breton fiddle phenomenon Natalie MacMaster. Tristan’s latest collaboration, “The Bee Eaters,” features his talented sister Tashina Clarridge as well as hammered dulcimer wizard Simon Chrisman. In this week’s “From the Vault” segment, musician, educator, and country music legacy Mark Jones offers an archival recording of Ozark original Mona Fay Moody performing the traditional song “I Will Never Marry,” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives.
Flying Indian as based on the playing of Bruce Molsky and the Shelor Family, banjo tuned to fCFCD...
Flying Indian as based on the playing of Bruce Molsky and the Shelor Family, banjo tuned to fCFCD...
Flying Indian as based on the playing of Bruce Molsky and the Shelor Family, banjo tuned to fCFCD...
Ozark Highlands Radio is a weekly radio program that features live music and interviews recorded at Ozark Folk Center State Park’s beautiful 1,000-seat auditorium in Mountain View, Arkansas. In addition to the music, our “Feature Host” segments take listeners through the Ozark hills with historians, authors, and personalities who explore the people, stories, and history of the Ozark region. This week, alternative folk duo “Hoot & Holler” performs live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park. Also, interviews with the talented duo. A performance and interviews from “The Ozark Banjo Company.” Mark Jones offers an archival recording of Ozark original Walter Gosser singing the rare traditional classic, “Jimmy Brown the News Boy.” Old time and Ozark fiddle aesthete Roy Pilgrim profiles the legendary Ozark fiddler Lon Jordan. “Hoot n’ Holler” are comprised of guitarist Mark Kilianski and fiddler Amy Alvey. Like our other performers this week, their partnership has roots at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. Born from a love of American folk music, nurtured in Boston's burgeoning string band scene, and inspired by the authenticity and enduring spirit of traditional Appalachian mountain music, “Hoot & Holler” hit the road full time in 2016 while living in their camper van “Irene.” Their tender harmonizing and songwriting comes across as simple, honest, and fresh to the ears. Described as the perfect cross section of soulful grit and polished technique, you can expect the full range of dynamics when performing traditional and original old time fiddle tunes. Like a sonic cross-country road trip, you can hear the soundscapes from different parts of the country in their original songs: from the dirgy Louisiana swamp to the stark and sparse beauty of a Southwestern desert. “The Ozark Banjo Company’s” Eden Forman (fiddle) and Lukas Pool (banjo) share a deep passion for old time and traditional American music. The two met while studying at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. Eden studied fiddle with Darol Anger and Bruce Molsky. She finds her musical home in American old time fiddle music, but her repertoire extends into many directions. Lukas grew up in Mountain View, Arkansas in the Ozark Mountains where he started playing banjo at the age of 12. Most nights were spent on the courthouse square with his friends and family learning and growing with the sounds of Ozark music. Lukas has had the honor of winning the national old-time banjo championship twice and has returned to Berklee as a guest professor. The pair now resides in Mountain View, Arkansas where they own and operate the Ozark Banjo Co. which specializes in creating handmade traditional and custom banjos. In this week’s “From the Vault” segment, musician, educator, and country music legacy Mark Jones offers an archival recording of Ozark original Walter Gosser singing the rare traditional classic, “Jimmy Brown the News Boy,” from the Ozark Folk Center State Park archives. This 1973 recording also features Guyman Gammill and Dean Hinesley on guitars. From his series entitled “Fine Fiddlers of the Ozarks,” old time and Ozark fiddle aesthete Roy Pilgrim profiles the legendary Ozark fiddler Lon Jordan. This installment features archival recordings of the classic fiddle tunes “Wake Up Jacob and Let's Go A Hunting, Granny Will Your Dog Bite, Fever River, and The Bluebird Waltz.”
PODCAST: 09 Nov 2014 01 - Polka Girl - The Colourblind James Experience - Hootenanny 1990 02 - Keep Your Hand On The Plough - Jimmy Aldridge And Sid Goldsmith - Let The Wind Blow High or Low 03 - The Spirit Of Mother Jones - Andy Irvine - Abocurragh 04 - The Entertainer - Ragtime Skedaddlers - Ragtime Skedaddlers 05 - Three A Penny - Charlie Dore - Milk Roulette 06 - Summat - Laura Smyth And Ted Kemp - The trooper Cut Down In His Prime - The Charcoal Black And The Bonny Grey 07 - Never Tire Of The Road - Andy Irvine - Transatlantic Session 6 Vol 1 08 - Hares On The Mountain - Johnny Kearney And Lucy Farrell - The North Farm Sessions 09 - Hare In A Hollow Hole - Betty and the Boy - The Wreckage 10 - Vincent Black Lightning - Dick Gaughan - Sail On 11 - Better Boot That Thing - The Pocket Orchestra - Boot That Thing 12 - Cumberland Gap - Bruce Molsky - If It Ain't Here When I Get Back 13 - O’Donoghues - Andy Irvine - 70th Birthday Concert 14 - A River Runs Between - The Changing Room - A River Runs Between 15 - Sittin’ On Top Of The World - Wooden Horse - This Kind Of Trouble 16 - Lass of Hexhamshire - Jez Lowe - The Ballad Beyond
It's our hundredth monthly podcast and in a celebration extravaganza we have special guests, exclusive new music, some of the biggest songs in the folk canon and our unique poetry and history features. All this and more in this month's edition of ... FolkCast! The Baker's Daughter by Merry Hell As yet unreleased - FolkCast exclusive Tamlin by Mary Jane from the album "Solstice" Sister by Luke Jackson from the album "Fumes And Faith" Mistaken by Nick Cook from the album "Mistaken" The FolkLoreate: Callum And The Fiddle by Dave Alton ...based on a Highland Folktale "Macuisne's Fiddler" Featuring excerpts from: Fiddle On The Washboard by The Albion Band; Various tunes by Bruce Molsky; PDC (Pretty Damn Cosmic) by Ric Sanders; No Man's Jig / Hanoverian Dance / Three Jolly Sheepskins by Eliza Carthy Robin Goodfellow by Arnwyn Hear more Arnwyn music on SoundCloud The Lads In Their Hundreds by Show Of Hands & Imelda Staunton from the album "Centenary: Words And Music Of The Great War" Lift You Up And Let You Fly by Sarah McQuaid from the album "The Plum Tree And The Rose" John Barleycorn by Fay Brotherhood from the album "Whispers in the Boughs" The Gallows Of Bannadok by Ken Nicol As yet unreleased - FolkCast exclusive Babba presents: The Story Behind The Song Thomas The Rhymer - an ancient tale of prophecy, music and kidnapping by fairyfolk... featuring music and vocals by: Ewan McColl - Steeleye Span - Ross Ainsley - Corrina Hewat Thomas The Rhymer by Flame Proof Moth from the album "Live In The Thames, Vol 1" Matty Groves by Damh The Bard from the album "Tales From The Crow Man" For full details and links to artists' websites, see the ShowNotes at www.folkcast.co.uk
Cette semaine, on revient en force avec des artistes de partout. On ouvre avec une pièce de Tryptique, le nouvel album de Bardefou. On enchaîne avec Vishten, Troy MacGillivray, Erynn Marshall, Katie McNally, Rafe & Clelia Stafanini, Bruce Molsky, Nua, Hurlevent, Duncan Chisholm, CrossHarbour et quelques autres.
Cette semaine, on revient en force avec des artistes de partout. On ouvre avec une pièce de Tryptique, le nouvel album de Bardefou. On enchaîne avec Vishten, Troy MacGillivray, Erynn Marshall, Katie McNally, Rafe & Clelia Stafanini, Bruce Molsky, Nua, Hurlevent, Duncan Chisholm, CrossHarbour et quelques autres.
Nouveauté de Julie Fowlis et Bruce Molsky. En musique avec Caitlin Nic Gabhann, Trio Yves Lambert, Réveillons, Michel Faubert, Mélisande, The Outside Track, Nicolas Pellerin et les Grands Hurleurs, Aaron Collis & Emilia Bartelas, The Temps Antan, Les Portageux et Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac.
Nouveauté de Julie Fowlis et Bruce Molsky. En musique avec Caitlin Nic Gabhann, Trio Yves Lambert, Réveillons, Michel Faubert, Mélisande, The Outside Track, Nicolas Pellerin et les Grands Hurleurs, Aaron Collis & Emilia Bartelas, The Temps Antan, Les Portageux et Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac.
Artist Feature is Bruce Molsky in honour of his new CD.
PODCAST: 30 Dec 2012 Sig - The Doon Reel - Frankie Lane 01 - The Rambling Siuler - The Mighty Doonans02 - Bo Na Leathdhairce - Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh03 - Here's the Tender Coming - Dave Burland04 - Shove the Pig's Foot - Bruce Molsky05 - Rain and Snow - The Be Good Tanyas06 - Wine and Roses - Heidi Talbot07 - Gentleman Jack - O'Hooley and Tidow08 - Byker Hill - Jed Grimes09 - Bonny Ship the Diamond - A L Lloyd*10 - Jacob's Ladder - Chumbawumba11 - The Month of January - Mary Dillon12 - Working at Christmas - Paul Brady13 - Le Souhait - Le Vent Du Nord14 - No Gods and Precious Few Heroes - Dick Gaughan15 - Baby Wants to Boogie - Hans Theesink Sig - The Doon Reel - Frankie Lane * no website available
Bruce Molsky, contented must be, Charmin' BetsyAlex Hargreaves, Big Trio, House CampBruce Molsky, Soon Be Time, Bury Me Not on the Lone PrairieHazel Dickens, Carol Elizabeth Jones, Ginny Hawker, Heart of a singer, I can't find your loveSteve Earle & The Del McCoury Band, The Mountain, Texas Eagle, MP3, false, false, true, true, falseMike Marshall & Darol Anger with Vasen, s/t, Yew Piney MtMichael Jerome Browne, Michael Jerome Browne & the Twin Rivers Stringband, The Coo CooLee Sexton, Mountain music of Kentucky, Pretty PollyThe Lee Valley Stringband, Prolific or What?, Wild River RollsFoggy Hogtown Boys, The Golden West, I'll break out again tonight, CD, true, true, true, true, falseThe Breakmen, When You Leave Town, Hospital MoonHeadwater, Lay me down, Freight TrainBill Monroe, Bluegrass 1950-1958, Come back to me in my dreamsGinny Hawker, Letters from my father, You don't tell me that you love me anymoreCaleb Klauder, Dangerous mes & poisonous yous, Sick, sad & lonesomeRafe & Clelia Stefanini, Never seen the like, Never seen the like since gettin' upstairsThe Redstick Ramblers, My suitcase is packed, Barnyard bachelorBalfa Toujours, La Pointe, Kingpin SpecialHelena Triplett, Green are the woods, Silver DaggerThe Rhythm Rats, I believe I'll go back home, Prodigal sonBill Cornett, Mountain music of Kentucky, Old ReubenSkip Gorman, Mandolin in the Cow Camp, Bonaparte's RetreatThe Lonesome Sisters, The Lonesome Sisters, One morning in may
Artist feature is Bruce Molsky.