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Category Archives: low-tech music / bluegrass

From A to W: Recommended Ralph Stanley Songs

Music Mondays When it comes to living bluegrass legends, there’s none greater than Dr. Ralph Stanley. If you’re new to bluegrass music, here are my top recommendations for Ralph Stanley recordings: Angel Band Bound To Ride Clinch Mountain Backstep Cripple Creek Cuttin’ The Cornbread Dixieland (My Old Home Town) The Fields Have Turned Brown He’s [...]

Old Trampled By Turtles

Music Mondays I previously recommended a couple of songs by the band Trampled by Turtles: Victory Jars At Home More recently, I heard some of their older songs on Pandora and would now like to recommend: Whiskey At Your Window Ain’t No Use in Tryin’ All three songs are on on the Trampled By Turtles album [...]

Cup of Sorrow

Music Mondays I turned on the TV the other day and there was a really nice live song by Amos Lee on entitled Cup of Sorrow (Live). It is my featured song of the week. Click the links to hear previews from iTunes. by

Matt Bradford Music

Music Mondays If you like the dobro, you’ll definitely want to check out the music of Matt Bradford. He is a guitarist who picked up the lap steel and dobro after a left hand injury. Now he writes, sings, and plays music with the dobro as the primary instrumental voice. Matt has a new album [...]

Songs About North Carolina

Music Mondays These are good songs about Carolina.  I think of North Carolina when I hear them, but I suppose most could also work for South Carolina: Carolina by Jason Harrod Carolina Mountain Home by Ricky Skaggs Carolina In My Mind by James Taylor The Carolinian by Chatham County Line by