Old time music

Here you’ll find a collection of field recordings and links to documentaries about old time music and its history.

Field Recordings

Rare Up (Nile Wilson, MO) – Musicians at Laurel Bloomery Festival TN, 2018.

Blackfoot (Clyde Davenport, KY) – Musicians at Swannanoa Gathering NC, 2018.

Laurel Lonesome (Bascom Lamar Lunsford, NC) – Musicians at Clifftop WV, 2018.

Kash Kersey (Bert Payne, KS) – Musicians at Laurel Bloomery TN, 2018

Say Old Man, Can I Have Your Daughter? – Musicians at Clifftop WV, 2018

Indian Ate The Woodchuck (Ed Haley, KY) – Musicians at Clifftop WV, 2019

Juno Rye Straw – Musicians at Clifftop WV, 2019

Gun Boat (Ernie Carpenter, WV) – Musicians at Clifftop WV, 2019

Heel and Toe Polka (Kenny Hall, CA) – Musicians at Augusta, Elkins WV, 2019

Bear Chase (Senate Cottrell, WV) – Musicians at Clifftop WV, 2019)

Documentaries

Music of Surrey County, NC

Alan Lomax and Pete Seeger on American Folk Music

History of the banjo with Rhiannon Giddens:

David Holt & Rhiannon Giddens on the banjo: