Across the Blue Ridge

Arts & Culture Podcasts

Across the Blue Ridge focuses on the southern Blue Ridge area known through generations and still today as a hotbed of old-time, bluegrass, blues, and country music. And the program reaches far beyond, exploring southern music as the music most people...

Episodes

Across the Blue Ridge #84 - The Lonesome River Band: Music Through The Generations

Across the Blue Ridge #83- From Progressive Bluegrass Back to Bill Monroe, Mountain Music, and Blues

Across the Blue Ridge #82- Tennessee Music, Bluegrass Singing, Banjo & Percussion

Across the Blue Ridge #81- Early Grand Ole Opry Stars, New Country, and Fiddler Earnest East

Across the Blue Ridge #80- New Albums, Harmony Singing, & More

Across the Blue Ridge #79- Fourth of July, and some good-time listening

Across the Blue Ridge #78- Home & Hearth

Across the Blue Ridge #77- Listening to the Classics of old time, bluegrass, blues & gospel

Across the Blue Ridge #76- The New Ballard’s Branch Bogtrotters

Across the Blue Ridge #75- Music of southwestern Virginia and beyond

Across the Blue Ridge #74- A California-based documenter, and some great dance tunes

Across the Blue Ridge #73- Mountains of Music Homecoming and country classics

Across the Blue Ridge #72- Lightnin’ Wells, one-man band

Across the Blue Ridge #71 - A Festival Visit & Blues in Bluegrass

Across the Blue Ridge #71- New Recordings

Across the Blue Ridge #69- Merlefest at 30

Mac Benford and the old-time music boom

Across the Blue Ridge #67 - Fiddler Buddy Pendleton, bluegrass classics, and some new recordings

Across the Blue Ridge #66- Blue Ridge Mountain Music, Piedmont Blues, and Swing

Across the Blue Ridge #65- Listening to the Classics