This week a lesser, yet gifted writer of old-time songs, dead for 75 years, was honored by having his most famed song broadcast by many a radio station. The songwriter: chin-whiskered Benjamin ...

What are we talking about? Old-time music, of course! The Appalachian Mountains are famous for spawning all kinds of ...

At the age of 10, he started playing music and learned how to play the fiddle, banjo and guitar. Later, he became acquainted with local traditions and old-time folk music. “To discover the local ...