The Edge Of AmericanaSongs from Richmond Folk Festivals Past and Present

We've had, thus far, five Folk Festivals here in the RVA; this weekend will be #6. 

In honor of this, we are featuring music and musicians from this year and the past five years.

Tony Rice, The Mullins Family, Brian Fein, Elizabeth Laprelle, Kirk Sutphin, and tons of others!

Enjoy!

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JB & OK

Artist / Song / Album / Label

Alabama Sacred Harp Singers / I'm On My Journey Home / Southern Journey (Volume 4): Brethren, We Meet Again / Rounder
New Ballards Branch Bogtrotters / Dixie / The Old Green Truck / Self-released
Mullins Family / Dream of Mother and Father / Let Your Light Shine On / VA Folklife Program
Ralph Stanley / Girl From The Greenbriar Shore [Album Version] / Ralph Stanley / Columbia

Bill Monroe / Walls of Time / 1959-66 Newport Folk Festival: The Best Of Bluegrass / Vanguard
Peter Rowan / Jailer Jailer / Legacy / Compass
Brian Fein / Tommy Love / Clifftop Appalachian Stringband Festival 2006 / None
Kenny & Amanda Smith / Stay A Little Longer / House Down The Block / Rebel
Jerry Douglas / Dixie Hoedown / Fluxology / Rounder
Cephas & Wiggins / Going to the River [Richmond Blues] / Richmond Blues / Evidence

Tony Rice / The Likes of Me / Cold on the Shoulder / Rounder
Tony Rice / Gasology / Acoustics / Kaleidoscope
Kim Johnson (with Rob McNurlin) / The Cuckoo / Keepers / Buffalo Skinner
Alabama Sacred Harp Singers / Rocky Road / Anthology of American Folk Music, (Volume 2) B: Social Music / Rounder
Buddy Pendleton / Katy Hill / Delivers! / VA Folklife Program
Lee Sexton / Little Birdie / Lee Sexton / Field Recorders Collective

David Via & Corn Tornado (featuring Sammy Shelor) / That Trumpet's Blowing / It All Comes Down to a Song / Little King
Bonsoir Catin / Reuben's Train / Vive L'Amour / Valcour
Quebe Sisters / Airmail Special / Timeless / Fiddletone
Quebe Sisters / Roly Poly / Timeless / Fiddletone
Hazel Dickens / Your Greedy Heart / By the Sweat of My Brow / Rounder
Elizabeth Laprelle / Payday at Coal Creek / Lizard in the Spring / Old 97

Kim Johnson (with Lester McCumbers and Andrew Dunlop) / Walking In The Parlor / Keepers / Buffalo Skinner
Sand Mountain Sacred Harp Singers / Heavenly Armor / New Years Eve at the Ivey 1972 / Squirrel Hill
Texas Shorty and John Hartford / Jac-O-Diamonds / Old Sport / Small Dog A Barkin'
Doyle Lawson / Can You Hear Me Now (Retro 1938) / More Behind The Picture Than The Wall / Rounder
Spencer Family / Soul Of Man Never Dies / Greetings From Whitetop / VA Folklife Program
Wayne Henderson with Jeff Little / Bill Bailey, (Won't You Come Home) / W. C. Henderson & Company / Hay Holler
Patt Plunkett & Charlie Walden / Belles Of America/Step Up Susie / Patt & Possum: Hoe-Downs, Hornpipes & Hokum / Shome

Quebe Sisters / Tumbling Tumbleweeds / Timeless / Fiddletone
The Carter Family / I'm Working On A Building / Longing For Old Virginia: Their Complete Victor Recordings 1934 / Rounder
Muleskinner / I'm Knocking on Your Door / Muleskinner Live – Original Television Soundtrack / Micro Werks
Wayne Henderson and Helen White / Take Me Out To The Ballgame / Live From Virginia / Self-released