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Pricketty Bush bann
August 6, 2021 Appalachian music / Ballad singers

‘The Pricketty Bush’ and British origins

American folk ballad collector Derek Piotr heads to northern England to source the origins of Child Ballad 95, ‘The Pricketty Bush.’

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Atlanta Fiddle contestants 1920
June 17, 2021 Appalachian music / Fiddlers/fiddling / Georgia / Recording industry

He could talk as much as he could fiddle

Fiddlin’ John Carson made his name recording “Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane” in 1923. How did he get there?

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aunt molly jackson ca 1935
December 8, 2020 Appalachian music / Ballad singers / Kentucky

Aunt Molly Jackson: A Complicated Character

She’s been called one of the best ballad singers in America. And yet the songs Aunt Molly Jackson is most remembered for are the ones she constructed herself.

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Listening to Lena with Aunt Nicky
September 10, 2020 Appalachian music / Ballad singers / Folklore / North Carolina / Songcatchers

Songcatching “Bolakins”

Composer/folklorist Derek Piotr catches up with Nicola Pritchard in NC to learn about the roots of the ancient Scottish tune ‘Bolakins.’

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Katherine Jackson French in cap and gown
May 15, 2020 Appalachian music / Ballad singers / Songcatchers

Book Excerpt: ‘Katherine Jackson French: Kentucky’s Forgotten Ballad Collector’

Katherine Jackson French’s collection of traditional KY ballads, which should have been her crowning scholarly achievement, never saw print.

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