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Don’t Forget This Song – The Carter Family
Many of the early bluegrass songs came from the Carter Family repertoire and that material continues to be endearing. The family story and that of their music is fascinating and has already been the subject of three books; John Atkins’ The Carter Family (for Old [...]
Carter Family flash mob in Portland
The producers of the upcoming film, The Winding Stream - The Carters, the Cashes and the Course of Country Music, staged a flash mob earlier this month to generate interest for their documentary project. One by one, musicians of every size, shape, type and age assembled into [...]
Darrell Webb Band concert video on the horizon
The Darrell Webb Band has scheduled a concert video shoot for October, with a 2012 release from Rural Rhythm planned. Filming will take place at the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, VA on October 14, 2011. The venue is located on the Carter Family homeplace, [...]
Fire devastates home of Carter Fold director
The Carter Family Fold near Hiltons, VA serves as the official repository of the memorabilia and music of The Carter Family, surely among the most influential traditional string musicians in the history of American folk and country music. Started in 1974 by Janette and Joe [...]
Charter Inductions for the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame
Earlier this year Old Wilkes, Inc. and The Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame (BRMHoF) committee announced the initial induction of several prominent musicians from the Blue Ridge region. The charter inductees to be honored at the first annual Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame [...]
Music of Coal
Music of Coal: Mining Songs from the Appalachian Coalfields is a new two-CD box set released by the Lonesome Pine Office on Youth here in Virginia. The set contains 48 songs covering topics from coal mining history to union organization. The set was produced by [...]
Birthplace of Country Music Alliance
Students of the history of commercial country music in the United States have a special fondness for Bristol, TN and the story of the Bristol Sessions in 1927. It was in July of that year that Ralph Peer journeyed there from New Jersey to make [...]
Janette Carter 1923-2006
Born on July 2, 1923 Janette Carter was only 4 years old when a talent scout “discovered” her parents in Bristol in 1927. A.P. and Sara Carter performed with Janette’s Aunt, “Mother” Maybelle Carter. Raised in that environment, Janette grew up around traditional music. And [...]
The Carter Family Fold
This post is a contribution from Murphy Henry. Murphy is well know for her instructional method that uses no tab. Be sure to visit her site murphymethod.com to learn more about, and purchase, her teaching and instructional materials. I’m just back from a visit–my first [...]
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