Cerys Matthews’ Appalachian Journey
Cerys Matthews celebrates Old Time music, then and now.
Cerys Matthews celebrates Old Time music, then and now, honing in on the story of migrants leaving the old world for fortune in the new - taking the old songs and sowing the seeds that would become Country music.
Featured artists include: Lucinda Williams, the Carter Family, Dolly Parton, Doc Watson, Anais Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Josh White, Diana Jones, Gordie Mackeeman and his rhythm boys, East Pointers and Old Crow Medicine Show.
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The 'Big Bang' of country music
Duration: 01:25
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Doc Watson
Shady Grove
- The Definitive Doc Watson.
- Sugar Hill Records.
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Gwen Foster & Clarence Tom Ashley
Rising Sun Blues (House Of The Rising Sun)
- Rising Sun Blues.
- Vocalion.
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Hurray for the Riff Raff
Black Jack Davey
- My Dearest Darkest Neighbour.
- Mod Mobilian Records.
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Woody Guthrie
Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet
- Muleskinner Blues: The Asch Recordings, Vol. 2.
- Smithsonian Folkways.
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Bob Dylan
Pretty Saro (Self Portrait)
- Another Self Portrait (The Bootleg Series) 1969-71.
- Sony Legacy.
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Dolly Parton, Altan & Mairéad Nà Mhaonaigh
Barbara Allen (live)
- Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage From Scotland And Ulster To Appalachia.
- The University of North Carolina Press.
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Bill Monroe
Scotland
- Bluegrass Instrumentals.
- Decca.
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Alan Burke
The Devil And The Farmer's Wife
- Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage From Scotland And Ulster To Appalachia.
- The University of North Carolina Press.
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Roscoe Holcomb
In The Pines
- The High Lonesome Sound.
- Smithsonian Folkway Recordings.
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Nina Simone
Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair (Live In New York 1964)
- See-Line Woman: The Best of Nina Simone.
- Spectrum.
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Emile Benoit
Festival Reel /Jeff's Tune /Meech Lake Breakdown/McCormick's Breakdown
- Vive La Rose.
- Celtic America.
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Gordie MacKeeman and his Rhythm Boys
Ridin the Fiddle
- Laugh Dance & Sing.
- Gordie MacKeeman And His Rhythm Boys.
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Dori Freeman
Go On Lovin
- Dori Freeman.
- Free Dirt Records.
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The Carter Family
Single Girl Married Girl
- The Bristol Sessions.
- RCA.
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Fairport Convention
Matty Groves
- Liege & Leaf.
- Island Records.
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- Sun 13 Mar 2016 13:00Radio 2 Country
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