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Latest Issue

Volume 15, Number 1

Features

  • Teodar Jackson and African American Fiddling from Texas: Lost Music from the Rural By Dan Foster
  • History the “Great Man” Missed: Critiquing Ken Burns’ “Country Music” By Ted Olson
  • The Highwoods Moment By Mac Benford
  • Attic #21: Fiddle and Guitar By Paul F. Wells

Reviews

  • Tell It to Me: Revisiting the Johnson City Sessions Reviewed by Bob Bovee
  • Fiddle Noir: African American Fiddlers on Early Phonograph Recordings, 1925-1949 Reviewed by Bruce Miller
  • Things Left Behind, by Thornton Spencer Reviewed by Bradley Kramer
  • Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves (self-titled) Reviewed by Stuart Mason
  • Mike Bryant and Paul Brown (self-titled) Reviewed by John Fabke
  • Defiantly Joyous, by the True and Trembling String Band Reviewed by Pete Peterson
  • Tom Mindte & Mason Via (self-titled) Reviewed by John Fabke
  • Cinnamon Tree, by Nora Brown Reviewed by Bradley Kramer
  • Holy Smoke! by Rafe Stefanini and David Bragger Reviewed by Stuart Mason
  • The Fries Session Reviewed by Pete Peterson
  • Old World Music of the Southern Appalachians, by Hog Eyed Man Reviewed by Stuart Mason
  • La Coppia Sciascia: Italian Folk Songs from Abruzzo, 1927-1930 by Pasquale and Chiarina Sciascia Reviewed by Mark Humphrey
  • Pictures from Life’s Other Side: The Man and His Music in Rare Photos and Recordings, by Hank Williams Reviewed by Mark Humphrey
  • Speed Bumps on a Dirt Road: When Old Time Music Met Bluegrass, by John Cohen Reviewed by Jordan Smith

Here & There

  • In Quarantine
  • National Heritage Fellowships

From the Vault: Features

Y’all Come: The Ballad of Big Jim Folsom

January 20, 2020 by Burgin Mathews

In March of 1962, a new political season was gearing up in Alabama, and so-called “hillbilly” music was everywhere. “It has gotten so you can’t run for governor in Alabama,”… Read More →

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Mayo’s the Name, Fiddlin’s the Game: Ralph Mayo

January 20, 2020 by Gary Reid

Carter Stanley once referred to old-time fiddle player Leslie Keith as “an unsung hero,” a powerhouse entertainer who, in his day, enjoyed widespread popularity, but with the passing of time… Read More →

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History the “Great Man” Missed: Critiquing Ken Burns’ “Country Music”

October 10, 2020 by Ted Olson

Early Country Music, from the Top Down Before the debut broadcast of Country Music, filmmaker Ken Burns’s paean to American exceptionalism, that popular music genre was beloved among its core… Read More →

Teodar Jackson and African American Fiddling from Texas: Lost Music from the Rural

October 10, 2020 by Dan Foster

by Dan Foster Note: This article was written in part to celebrate the release of a new CD of old-time fiddling from the Field Recorders’ Collective, Teodar Jackson with T.… Read More →

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From the Vault: Album Reviews

Defiantly Joyous, by the True and Trembling String Band

Things Left Behind, by Thornton Spencer

Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves (self-titled)

Jalopy Records 7” record series

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