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Gloria Christy

From Harvest to Hoedown: The Spirit of the Old-Time String Bands and Early Grand Ole Opry Still Endures

August 1st, 2024

Baseball and Bluegrass, Two American Traditions; Lonesome River Band Plays Dec. 10 Concert at CMS

November 5th, 2016

Uncle Dave Macon Days Founder, Jesse Messick, Dedicated to Character, Conviction and Community

July 6th, 2016

Historic Shacklett Photos Show Opry Star’s Local Roots

June 11th, 2016

The Square Dance: The Great Community Builder

May 4th, 2016

The Story of Singing Schools in America

April 3rd, 2016

Music Across America: Discovering Sacred Harp/Shape Note Singing

March 1st, 2016

Music Across America: The Story of William Billings, America’s First Composer

February 2nd, 2016

Music Across America – Making America Beautiful Again

January 5th, 2016

Back to the Simple Life: The Birth of the Grand Ole Opry

November 4th, 2015

Music Through the Decades: Celebrate, Dance and Live!

September 30th, 2015

Music Through the Decades – The Fiddle Sings the Blues

September 2nd, 2015

Music Through the Decades – The Story of the Hoedown Bands

August 5th, 2015

Music Through the Decades – Roots of America’s Music, Part 3: “The Banjo Contest”

July 1st, 2015

Music Through the Decades: Minstrelsy Mania of the 19th Century

June 3rd, 2015

Music Through the Decades–The Rural Roots of America’s Music, Part 1: The Field Hollers and Slave Songs

May 6th, 2015

Music Through the Decades: Camp Songs and the Windrow Camp Revival Story

April 1st, 2015

Music Through the Decades – A Song that Changed America: “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”

March 4th, 2015

Slave Songs: Musical Miracles Among the Mundane

February 4th, 2015

Crossing into a New Meaning of “Yankee Doodle”

December 31st, 2014

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