boblog -- by bob stepno

A friend has been singing the song "When Did You Leave Heaven?" at a local jam session off and on for a year or so, and while he ...

Recordings from the days of 78 rpm phonographs continue to find their way to YouTube, where my latest discovery touches three issues that i...

Ever wish one of your favorite old songs could go on for a half hour? Or want to know the story-behind-the-story of a ballad? Would you min...

A friend just posted a request for more old-time and bluegrass music festival posts in a Facebook group... one of many that try to meet that...

The Internet Archive may not be the first place you look for old-time country sounds, but some old-time radio and 78 rpm record collectors h...

After singing along with these songs in Paul Brown 's workshops at Davis & Elkins College's Augusta Heritage old-time music week...

I finally made a short video of my other ukulele-family instrument, a 10-string "tiple." I'd like to think it was by popular...