SORM Playlist #15-08: Legacy of Leadbelly
(airing the week starting 2-18-15)

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Smithsonian Folkways is releasing a massive 5CD collection of the music of Leadbelly on February 24th. On this week’s edition we will listen to some of the songs on that great collection. We’ll also hear some classic renditions of Leadbelly … Continue reading →

The Legend of Lead Belly Continues to Grow

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WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS  Playlist for February 15, 2015 Huddie Ledbetter, best known to the world as Lead Belly, passed away in December 1949, a few short months before the Weavers recording of  his “Goodnight Irene” entered the Billboard best seller chart. … Continue reading →

The Yablonski Murder – Coal and Blood, Part 1

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“Well it’s cold blooded murder friends, I’m talking about …” Such is the accusation that opens the angry chorus of “The Yablonski Murder.” Hazel Dickens penned the musical indictment in January of 1970 after she read the newspaper story describing what … Continue reading →

Turn Your Radio On

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WFDU-FM’s TRADITIONS Fund Drive Playlists for February 1 & 8, 2015 The Carter Family recording of “Heaven’s Radio” and John Hartford‘s version of “Turn Your Radio On” are two of my “lucky charm” songs that I play on my WFDU-FM … Continue reading →

GARY B REID: The Music of the Stanley Brothers

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          Gary B. Reid The Music of the Stanley Brothers University of Illinois Press 978-0-252-08033-3 www.press.uillinois.edu   From the Blue Sky Boys and Monroe Brothers down through the Everlys, brother duets have created some of country … Continue reading →