All Episodes

Episode 2: Music From the Land of Sky: The 1925 Asheville Sessions (Part Two)

Episode 1: Music From the Land of the Sky: The 1925 Asheville Sessions (Part One)

Episode 22: The Helene Guitar

Episode 21: 100 Years of John C Campbell Folk School, part 2

Episode 20: 100 Years of John C Campbell Folk School, part one

Episode 19: Memories of a Fiddler: Jim Shumate

Episode 18: Storytelling in the Blue Ridge with Connie Regan-Blake - Part Two

Episode 17: Storytelling in the Blue Ridge with Connie Regan-Blake

Episode 16: The Bluff Mountain Festival

Episode 15: Jeff Little: The Blue Ridge Piano Man

Episode 14: Jayne Henderson: Luthier and Environmentalist

Episode 13: The Legacy of Doc Watson

Episode 12: Music in the Mills

Episode 11: Wayne Erbsen: Telling the Stories of "Southern Mountain Music"

Episode 10: Remember Me: The Story of Lulu Belle and Scotty Wiseman

Episode 9: The Shuffler Family of Valdese

Episode 8: Citizen Vinyl: Asheville's Recording History

Episode 7: 25 Years of JAM: The History of the Junior Appalachian Musicians

Episode 6: Marc Pruett's Bluegrass Journey: PART TWO

Episode 5: Marc Pruett's Bluegrass Journey

Episode 4: Andy Griffith from Mayberry

Episode 2: The Ballad Swap at the Old Marshall Jail

Episode 3: The Great Flood of 2024: Tropical Storm Helene

Episode 1: Otto Wood the Bandit

Episode 20: The Creative Community of Rare Bird Farm

Episode 19: The Ridgetop Riches of Red Spruce

Episode 18: Claire Armbruster and Planning Stages

Episode 17: Rhonda Gouge and the Joy of Musical Connection

Episode 16: A Reading of Louise Wright Price's Charlie & His Banjo: The Story of Charlie Pool

Episode 15: William Allsbrook Jr.’s Making Music: The Banjo in a Southern Appalachian County

Episode 14: Remembering Betty Smith

Episode 13: Thomm Jutz and Nothing But Green Willow: The Songs of Mary Sands and Jane Gentry

Episode 12: Terry Roberts Talks Writing, Music, and Storytelling in the Mountains

Episode 11: Fine Tuned: Volume One, The Album

Episode 10: Plott-Tober Fest Celebrates the Plott Hound and German Heritage

Episode 9: The Blowing Rock Fiddlers' Convention of 1928

Episode 8: Cherokee Language Repertory Choir

Episode 7: Songwriters Showcase at Peacock Performing Arts Center

Episode 6: Kelley Breiding and “The Place Where the Stories Come From”

Episode 5: Roseland Gardens: Black Moutain Juke Joint

Episode 3: Blue Ridge Music Trails Stops Along the Blue Ridge Parkway Part 2

Episode 2: Blue Ridge Music Trails Stops Along the Blue Ridge Parkway Part 1

Episode 4: Darren Nicholson Remembers a Mentor and Charts a New Path

Episode 1: Fine Tuned: Josh Jones and Sav Sankaran

Episode 20: Fine Tuned: Bayla Davis and Cary Fridley

Episode 20: Fine Tuned: Benjamin Barker and David LaMotte

Episode 19: Fine Tuned: The Allen Boys with DaShawn Hickman and Kelley Breiding

Episode 17: Fine Tuned: Jarrett Wildcat & Keaw'e Bone

Episode 16: Introducing the Fine Tuned Project

Episode 15: Is it a Fiddle or a Violin?

Episode 14: Bobby Hicks: A Fiddling Icon

Episode 13: Forevermore Donna Ray Norton Will Sing

Episode 12: A Deep Dive into the Earl Scruggs Music Festival

Episode 11: The 51st Smoky Mountain Folk Festival

Episode 10: Listen to Legendary WNC Instruments

Episode 9: Carl Sandburg and the American Songbag

Episode 8: Western North Carolina Music’s Impact in Popular Culture

Episode 7: The Jagged Path Works to Tell a Fuller Story

Episode 6: Derek Piotr Explores NC Mountain Singing

Episode 5: Billy Edd Wheeler, Songwriter

Episode 4: Asheville Music Walking Tour

Episode 3: The Musical Happy Valley

Episode 2: Train Songs and Marshall’s Historic Depot

Episode 1: Remembering Bobby McMillion

Episode 20: Traditional Artist Directory Spotlight David Holt

Episode 19: Remembering Arvil Freeman

Episode 18: Lots of Great Ways to Learn Music in WNC

Episode 17: The Cuckoo: A chart topper since the 1200’s

Episode 16: The Bascom Lamar Lunsford Mountain Music Festival Carries on a Legacy

Episode 15: The Tom Dula Legends Lives On

Episode 14: Storytelling on the Blue Ridge Music Trails

Episode 13: What is a D.O.G.

Episode 12: Step it Up and Go is David Menconi’s Love Letter to North Carolina Music

Episode 11: The Green Grass Cloggers

Episode 10: Wayne Erbsen: Musician, Teacher, Author, and Radio Host

Episode 9: Unto These Hills

Episode 8: Traditional Artist Directory Spotlight: Susan Pepper

Episode 7: Blue Ridge Craft Trails Spotlight: Richard Beard

Episode 6: Traditional Artist Directory Spotlight: Michael Reno Harrell

Episode 5: Traditional Artist Directory Spotlight: The Burnett Sisters Band

Episode 4: NC Musician Murals Project

Episode 3: Banjo Builders in WNC

Episode 2: Music’s Functions in the Farmers Federation

Episode 1: Byard Ray's Old Fiddle Makes New Music

Matthew Tooni Carries on Traditions of Cherokee Stories and Music

Jack Guy Compiled a Treasure Trove of Mountain Music

Byard Ray and Obray Ramsey Make Long, Strange Trip into Pop Culture

Young Presley Barker Dazzles on the Flatpicked Guitar

Don Reno Finds Success as a Bluegrass Banjo Innovator and Bandleader

Mary Jane Queen Preserved a Family Tradition of Songs and Stories

David Holt Shares Blue Ridge Mountain Music with the World

Lillian Chase Fiddles a Smooth Mountain Blend of Bluegrass and Old-Time Music

Smoky Mountain Folk Festival Celebrates Fifty Years of Music and Dance

Fiddler Carley Arrowood Lends Her Voice to Mountain Music

Rhiannon Ramsey Exemplifies the Next Generation of Fiddlers

Zoe and Cloyd Bring Varied Family Traditions to Mountain Music

Raymond Fairchild Creates His Own Style of Playing the Banjo

Railroad Tunnel to Asheville Ends in Triumph and Tragedy

Mountain music has deep roots in British Isles

Appalachian dulcimer makes sweet mountain music