The Crooked Road – Virginia’s Music Heritage Trail
Read my travels along Virginia’s Crooked Road Heritage Trail The Crooked Road – A Majestic Music Odyssey The mountains of the southern Appalachia have long been recognised as a breeding ground for traditional music. The earliest settlers brought their instruments and musical traditions, which were fused together to form country, blues, folk and other styles of American popular music. The Crooked Road is Virginia’s...
Folds, Muffins and Licks
Read about our visit to the Carter Family Fold and Bristol Virginia Wednesday October 8 2014 Another deliberately spread-out and easy day today. I’m enjoying the slower pace before gearing for my last two festivals, one in Charleston and the other in New Orleans. Bristol is helping me out too, it’s the ideal place to chill out, while always having music opportunities at the ready. The first order of business is to head...