November 9, 1915-March 28, 2015 If you have ever played or heard “John Short’s Tune,” a lively polka, then you have met my father, Erwin A. Thompson. He passed the… Read More →
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Volume 15, Number 3
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- Elliot County (KY) Fiddlers Convention
- Clifftop (WV)
- Deer Creek Fiddlers’ Convention (Westminster, MD)
- Hammons Family Memorial Fiddle and Banjo Contests (Marlinton, WV)
- Mountain Dance and Folk Festival (Asheville, NC)
- Banjo Gathering (Baltimore, MD)
- New books on old-time music
- In Quarantine
- fRoots Radio
Rhythm and Genes: The Moonshining and Old-Time Music of Southwest Virginia’s Boyd Family
Jimmy Boyd (photo by Sam Linkous) Jimmy Boyd believes in the power of genetics. “There’s something about us Boyds,” he told me, “that just put rhythm in us. My daddy… Read More →
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A True Adventure in Field Recording
Northern Oklahoma is nearly a perfect grid. You can measure your progress through it by counting section lines, a gravel road marking each mile. It was 10 miles north from… Read More →
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Attic #22: Bands, Ensembles, Groups, Aggregations
Given the focus of the Old-Time Herald on string band music, it naturally has been appropriate that in most of our visits to the Attic we’ve spent the time looking… Read More →
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