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.
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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.”
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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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.”
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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