 Mountain Legacy, Born in the Isles, Raised in Appalachia |
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Aaediwen  |
Posted: 06-Oct-2007, 07:40 PM
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It is officially online.
Some of you have probably noticed some additional links on the community homepage. Over the last couple weeks, We have been working on a new webcast geared towards the mountain music of Appalachia. I assume it is fairly well known by folks here that the Celtic music we all know and love took on its own flavor when it hit the shores of America, a flavor that varied greatly depending on what part of the country one choose to settle down in. Perhaps the area of the country where the music remained the purist, has been in the hills and mountains of Virginia, the Carolinas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and such. This "Mountain Music" is a special blend that one rarely hears about. Many of the songs are exactly the same Scottish and Irish tunes that are played on Highlander Radio, and others are slightly altered. Still more are songs unique to the geography and culture of the hills, yet with the same strong Celtic roots.
It is this brand of music that would then go on to spawn Bluegrass, Country & Western, and in turn via a marriage with Rock & Roll, the contemporary commercial country we know today. In an effort to document the rather neglected link between Celtic music and its country descendants, We have started "Mountain Legacy" devoted to the style of music born from the Immigrants who settled in the Appalachian Mountains.
Over time, I hope to collect additional material for the broadcast, and continue to purify its content. Also, the broadcast already includes the work of several Kentucky artists, including Homer Ledford, Jean Ritchie, Jennifer Rose, Ceol Cridhe, and Don Powell. It is my hope that we can showcase local talent from other surrounding states as time goes on. I hope you enjoy the broadcast, and feel free to contact me with any recommendations.
http://www.live365.com/stations/appalachianmusic
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| Gwynhwyvar |
Posted: 06-Oct-2007, 08:40 PM
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Oh thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!
Being from Georgia all my life (my dad grew up in the North Georgia mountains) and with ancestors from the Carolinas, Virginia, & Tennessee I welcome this forum. This is the music I "cut my teeth" on - my husband and I do a lot of southern appalachian type music and it is so neat to see where this music came from with its Scottish and Irish roots. Looking forward to listening. 
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| haynes9 |
Posted: 10-Oct-2007, 08:37 PM
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Really appreciate all your doing with this. I have always known about the link between Celtic and Bluegrass, but it's neat to be able to listen to it in this format and compare.
I know that Cherryholmes supposedly includes some kind of Scottish song on their albums to honor their heritage.
Keep up the good work!
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| stoirmeil |
Posted: 10-Oct-2007, 08:48 PM
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I would love to hear you add (if you could get the permission, and I know I don't have a handle on what's involved) some of Buffy Saint-Marie's country renditions from her old Vanguard classic recordings -- Soulful Shade of Blue, Uncle Joe, Piney Wood Hills, Ground Hog, Ananias, Lyke Wake Dirge, Reynardine, Here I Sit With a Babe in Arms, Tall Trees in Georgia (so beautiful) . . .
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| Aaediwen |
Posted: 11-Oct-2007, 04:38 PM
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| QUOTE (stoirmeil @ 10-Oct-2007, 09:48 PM) | | I would love to hear you add (if you could get the permission, and I know I don't have a handle on what's involved) some of Buffy Saint-Marie's country renditions from her old Vanguard classic recordings -- Soulful Shade of Blue, Uncle Joe, Piney Wood Hills, Ground Hog, Ananias, Lyke Wake Dirge, Reynardine, Here I Sit With a Babe in Arms, Tall Trees in Georgia (so beautiful) . . . |
I've got some of that on Vinyl I could add in.
Haynes: Thanks for the tip, I'll have to check that out.
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Many years ago when I was in college I loved and still love mountain music. 
Guess I'll need to go find and buy some more. I'd better track down when the next folk festival is in Berea. 
