Yellowhammer Press

For fans of Old Time and Appalachian music, Smithsonian Folkways’ Backroads to Cold Mountain is a must have.  Compiled by musicologist John Cohen, it’s a great collection of mountain music from the early days of audio recording.  Less intimidating than the sprawling Goodbye, Babylon or the Anthology of American Folk Music, it’s a great primer [...]

10 years ago, a Georgia State University student named Lance Ledbetter took over a college radio show about the roots of American music armed only with The Anthology of American Folk Music.  Though the collection of early folk, country, jazz, blues, and gospel was formidable enough to keep the show running for a period, Ledbetter [...]