Relics and Treasures Old and New ~ A Celebration of Musical Treasures from Berea College's Appalachian Sound Archive
"Relics and Treasures Old and New ~ A Celebration of Musical Treasures from Berea College's Appalachian Sound Archive" This series is drawn primarily from recordings at the annual Celebration of Traditional Music from the 1970's and 1980's, and features many of the artists, now gone, who shaped our understanding of the depth and vibrancy of Appalachia's musical heritage.
#1: Lily May Ledford and the Coon Creek Girls: the story of the first women’s band in country music and their career on radio’s Renfro Valley Barn Dance.
Listen to Episode 1 ~ Lily May Ledford and the Coon Creek Girls
#2: Fiddle music at the Berea Celebration of Traditional Music, including Uncle Charlie Osborne, Albert Hash, J. P. Fraley, Marion Sumner, Columbus Williams, Lotus Dickey, Luke Smathers, and Bruce Greene. Also John Lozier, a harmonica wizard who can hang right in there with the fiddlers.
Listen to Episode 2 ~ Fiddle music at the Berea Celebration of Traditional Music
#3: Ballad Singers at the Berea Celebration, including Jean and Edna Ritchie, Dellie Norton, Berzilla Wallin, Cas Wallin and Evelyn Ramsey, Bradley Kincaid, and Buell and Philip Kazee.
Listen to Episode 3 ~ Ballad Singers at the Berea Celebration of Traditional Music
#4: African American music at the Berea celebration, including Etta Baker, Buddy Moss, Drink Small, the Foddrell Brothers, Bill Livers, and Sparky Rucker.
Listen to Episode 4 ~ African American music at the Berea Celebration of Traditional Music
#5: Banjo music at the Berea Celebration, including Roscoe Holcomb, Dock Hopkins, Buell Kazee, Boss Sewell, and featuring a half-hour visit with Virgil Anderson.
Listen to Episode 5 ~ Banjo Music at the Berea Celebration
#6: A symposium on traditional music with Bradley Kincaid, Grandpa and Ramona Jones, Asa Martin, Philip Kazee, and Marion Sumner, moderated by country music historian Bill Malone.
Listen to Episode 6 ~ A Symposium on Traditional music
Produced by Rich Kirby and Suzanne Savell
The Kentucky Arts Council
The Appalshop Production & Education Fund
WMMT Listener Support
Appalshop P & E, WMMT listener support
