Backroads and Banjos

Airs Wednesday at 8:30am, 1:20pm, and 6:30pm.

Grammy-award winning field recorder and archivist Art Rosenbaum joins us every Wednesday to recount some of the greatest moments in old timey music history. In these 15-minute segments, Art uses his experience as a field recorder and vast knowledge of old-timey history to highlight the music and life of artists that may otherwise be lost in time.

Latest Episodes

Sacred Harp Singing

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Art explores one of the most distinctive and arresting sounds in choral music – a traditional form known as Sacred Harp Singing. Art draws heavily from Dust to Digital’s incredible compilation: “I Belong to This Band: 85 Years of Sacred Harp Recording.”

Backroads & Banjos - Sacred Harp - Part 1

    Corridos

    Wednesday, May 2, 2012

    Art takes a look at the Mexican corrido. Much like folk music from Europe and the United States, the corrido is a narrative style of ballad from Mexico that centers on themes of oppression, daily life and social commentary.


    Old Time Banjo In America

    Wednesday, April 25, 2012

    Art digs into his LP collection and pulls out an album he recorded and released in 1979 on Kicking Mule Recrods called “The Old-Time Banjo in America.”


    The Titanic

    Wednesday, April 18, 2012

    Art commemorates the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. In the century that had passed since the ship’s fateful voyage, no other disaster has fascinated songwriters like the voyage of the RMS Titanic.


    Scott Matthews and Lined Out Hymns

    Wednesday, March 28, 2012

    This week Art is joined by Scott Matthews, a history lecturer at Georgia State University, about lined out hymns and their prominence in Primitive Baptist Churches with a special highlight on the Deacon Tommy Tookes.



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