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Sandstone and Pine Rosin

by Sandrock Recordings

Sandstone and Pine Rosin is a collection of traditional songs all about the people, places, and events of the region surrounding the Cumberland Trail project in East Tennessee. A 300 mile hiking trail stretching from the Cumberland Gap to Signal Point, the Cumberland Trail passes through some of the most musically fertile country in the US. Featuring local musicians, many of whom grew up within miles of the trail, this anthology contains a rich variety of traditional Appalachian music, much of it never before released. From the northern end of the trail come tracks like “Cumberland Gap,” “Pinnacle Moutain Breakdown,” and “Coal Creek March,” while “Goin’ to Chattanooga,” “Buddy Won’t You Roll Down the Line,” and “Sequatchie Valley” serve to represent the music of the regions traversed by the southern end of the trail as it leaves the mountainous plateau and travels down through the Sequatchie Valley to Chattanooga. Many styles can be found on this collection, ranging from classic murder