Old Time Tune of the Month for January 2016: Old Bunch of Keys
Here is a great cross-tuned old-time reel from North Carolina fiddle legend Tommy Jarrell (1901-1985), who learned it as a young man from fiddlers…
Old Time Tune of the Month for May 2015: Sugar in the Gourd
Here's a lovely and unusual setting of Sugar in the Gourd from North Carolina fiddler Marcus Martin (1881-1974). He was a multi-instrumentalist…
Old-Time Tune of the Month for January 2015: Bonaparte’s Retreat
William Hamilton Stepp was a great Kentucky fiddler whose version of "Bonaparte's Retreat" recorded by Alan and Elizabeth Lomax in 1937 transformed…
Old-Time Tune of the Month for October 2014: Puncheon on the Floor
Here's a great tune from the playing of Esker Hutchins of Dobson, North Carolina, about 10 miles from Mt. Airy, home to fiddle legend Tommy Jarrell.…
Old Time Tune of the Month for September 2014: Hell Up Cole Holler
Here's a great tune from Glen Lynn, Virginia fiddler Henry Reed (1884-1968). Alan Jabbour did a great deal of visiting with and recording of Henry…
Old Time Tune of the Month for July 2014: Sally Ann Johnson
Here's a lilting old-time fiddle tune from Henry Reed (1884-1968) of Glen Lyn, Virginia. Mr. Reed was in his 80s when Alan Jabbour recorded himas…
Old Time Tune for the Month of March 2014: Polly Put the Kettle On
Here is a wonderful tune from outstanding North Carolina fiddler, ballad singer, and multi-instrumentalist Marcus Martin. He wa born in the Aquone…
Old Time Tune for the Month of July 2013: Lazy Kate
Here's a great old Mississippi fiddle tune for those lazy summer days in July. The Leake County Revelers were the best-known Mississippi band of…
Old-Time Tune of the Month for June 2013: Feather Bed
Here's a classic Kentucky fiddle tune from the repertory of the legendary Magoffin County fiddler John Salyer (1882-1952). This tune comes down to us…
Old-Time Tune of the Month for March 2013: Dandy Jim
Here's a great tune from the Cumberland Plateau area of south-central Kentucky and north-central Tennessee, inspired by the playing of Kentucky…
Old-Time Tune of the Month for February 2013: Devillier Two Step
In honor of Mardi-Gras and the powerful, dynamic music of Cajun Louisiana, here's an old-time two step which has been widely played and widely…
Old-Time Tune of the Month for January 2013: Julie Ann Johnson
Here's a great old classic dance tune to start off the year: "Julie Ann Johnson," from Grayson County fiddle legend Emmet Lundy (1864-1953). You can…
Old Time Tune of the Month for Sept. 2012: Possum up a ‘Simmon Tree
Possum up a 'Simmon Tree (sheet music)[wpdm_file id=42] Possum up a 'Simmon Tree (mp3)[wpdm_file id=43] Here is a lovely Kentucky…
Old-Time Tune of the Month for Aug. 2012: Ducks in the Pond
Henry Reed (1885-1968) of Glen Lyn, Virginia, recorded this tune for Alan Jabbour in the 1960s. During the summer of 1973, I spent a couple of months…
Old-Time tune of the month for July 2012: Iberia Breakdown (C)
"Iberia Breakdown" is a great rouser of a Missouri tune from African-American fiddler William A. (Bill) Driver (1881-1986). He lived much of his life…