How do we know what has gone before in music and folklore? Musical explorers with reel-to-reel recorders and notebooks went out and found music, recording musicians and singers and storytellers to make sure the music kept going. For the record … Continue reading →
On this week’s program, we continue with our occasional feature focusing on the fundamentals of a particular style of music. Piedmont blues is a ragtime inspired music played mostly on the guitar. Originally it emanated from Virginia and traveled south … Continue reading →
Introduction – “Boll Weevil told the farmer …” Today’s feature, “Boll Weevil,” fits into our ‘disaster songs’ category. Even so, it’s a bit of an outlier – as the photograph at the head of this post might suggest. (Don’t worry, I’ll get … Continue reading →
