Art examines the life and works of early blues pioneer Charley Patton. As one of the first generation of blues musicians he is often considered The King of the Delta Blues and his work is often times cited by Delta blues musicians as an important influenc

Art traces the lineage of the traditional English folk song The Nightingale. Also known as One Morning in May, The Bold Grenadier, and The Soldier and the Lady, this song found its way into the American folk tradition in the late 1800s and has since been

Art shares some early recordings from Irish-Americans in the 1920s and 1930s. Taken from the collection Wheels of the World on Yazoo Records, these tunes feature first generation Irish-Americans whose recordings would later go on to help establish a basic

Art welcomes Grammy award-winning designer Susan Archie to talk about the process of interpreting old-time music in graphic manner. Archie's designs have included the Grammy-nominated Dust-to-Digital box set Goodbye Babylon and Grammy-winning Revenant Rec

Backroads and Banjos celebrates the centennial of Woody Guthries birth with two segments dedicated to the man Alan Lomax once called the greatest composer of folk songs. On this second segment, Art dives into the Rounder Records box set My Dusty Road. Thi

Backroads and Banjos celebrates the centennial of Woody Guthries birth with two segments dedicated to the man Alan Lomax once called the greatest composer of folk songs. On this first segment, Art chats with Ed Cray, the author of the book Ramblin Man - T

This week, Backroads and Banjos travels to Athens for a session at Arts house with a group called the Stone Mountain Wobblers. This group features Mickey Nelligan, who was recently on Backroads and Banjos with his moms group The Dixie Jigs, and his brothe

Art shares some of his recordings from the 2012 Celtic Roots of Southern Music Festival wrap party in April 2012. Attempting to bridge the gap between traditional Appalachian music and the music of Scotland and Ireland, this festival pairs Celtic musician

Best known for his fifty-plus years of field recording, Art Rosenbaum is also a very talented interpreter of old-timey music. Although he spends time with the guitar and fiddle, Art is perhaps best-versed at the banjo. For this episode of Backroads and Ba

Art explores one of the most distinctive and arresting sounds in choral music – a traditional form known as Sacred Harp Singing. Art draws heavily from Dust to Digitals incredible compilation I Belong to This Band: 85 Years of Sacred Harp Recording.