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The Highwoods Moment

Published on October 22, 2020 By Mac Benford From the Magazine: Volume 15, Number 1

Old-time music experienced a great loss in February 2020, with the passing of banjo player Mac Benford. Mac had submitted this essay to the OTH a few months earlier, and… Read More →

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

Published on October 10, 2020 By Dan Foster From the Magazine: Volume 15, Number 1

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

Published on October 10, 2020 By Ted Olson From the Magazine: Volume 15, Number 1

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 →

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Young Old-Time Musicians of North Carolina

Published on January 20, 2020 By Zoe van Buren From the Magazine: Volume 14, Number 12

The North Carolina Arts Council has recently completed work on its Millennial Traditional Artists Directory, an effort to promote the work of young traditional artists in North Carolina. The project… Read More →

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Y’all Come: The Ballad of Big Jim Folsom

Published on January 20, 2020 By Burgin Mathews From the Magazine: Volume 14, Number 12

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

Published on January 20, 2020 By Gary Reid From the Magazine: Volume 14, Number 12

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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