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Relics and Treasures, Old and New: A Celebration of Traditional Music Found in Berea College's Appalachian Sound Archives

Six radio programs of traditional music produced for WMMT-FM Whitesburg, KY., by Suzanne Savell, Berea Sound Fellow.

Installment No. 6 - Traditional Roots of Country Music

This program features a symposium from the 1978 Celebration of Traditional Music on the traditional sources of country music. The discussion was lead by noted country music historian Dr. Bill C. Malone and featured a panel with Grandpa & Ramona Jones, Philip Kazee, Asa Martin, Marion Sumner, and Bradley Kincaid. Berea College Appalachian Center founder Loyal Jones introduces the symposium.

Program courtesy of WMMT-FM/Appalshop, Whitesburg, KY.