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JOURNEYS IN LIFE AND MUSIC WITH RHONDA VINCENT & ALLISON RUSSELL

It’s songs of solace and shelter, hope and joy as we visit with mandolin virtuoso Rhonda Vincent, from Greentop, Missouri, who grew up playing the bluegrass and country music circuit in her family’s bluegrass band and now plays the Grand Ole Opry with her own band, the Rage. Then, Montreal-born, Nashville-based singer, clarinetist and banjo player Allison Russell, on her journey to healing from childhood trauma through travels, words and music. Plus words from Nina Simone, Sister Rosetta Tharp, Lucinda Williams and Johnny Cash.

HOUR ONE

  • Open Bed: Watson's Blues Doc Watson and Bill Monroe
    Live Recordings 1963-1980: Off the Record Volume 2, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Key to the Highway Brownie McGhee
    Blues is Truth, Labor Records
  • That Lonesome Road Rhiannon Giddens
    Factory Girl, Nonesuch
  • I'm A Ramblin' Man Waylon Jennings
    The Essential Waylon, Sony
  • Rambling Boy Charlie Haden with Vince Gill
    Rambling Boy, Decca
  • Ramblin' Charles Lloyd and the Marvels
    Tone Poem, Blue Note
  • Instrumental: Farewell Blues Jim and Jesse
    Hats Off! The Bluegrass Tribute To Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs, CMH Records
  • Mama's Opry Iris Dement
    Infamous Angel, Yep Roc
  • Just Rehearsing Louvin Brothers
    The Family Who Prays, Capitol
  • This Train Sister Rosetta Tharp
    Sister Rosetta Tharp--The Decca Singles, Decca
  • I'm a Honky Tonk Girl Loretta Lynn
    Still Woman Enough, Loretta Lynn Enterprises
  • Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Lucinda Williams
    Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, Mercury
  • Instrumental: Help Me Rhonda Pickin' on the Beach Boys
    YouTube,
  • Salty Dog Blues The Bluegrass Champs
    YouTube,
  • Kentucky Borderline Rhonda Vincent
    Rhonda Vincent--One Step Ahead, Rounder
  • SEGMENT: Rhonda Vincent

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  • End Bed: Tickled Pink Brandee Younger
    Somewhere Different, Verve

HOUR two

  • Open Bed: Femme L'a Dit Feufollet
    Cow Island Hop, Valcour
  • Blues for Mama Nina Simone
    Nina Simone Sings the Blues, RCA Victor
  • Bye Bye Blackbird Rickie Lee Jones
    Pop Pop, Geffen
  • You're Not Alone Our Native Daughters
    Our Native Daughters, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Instrumental: Gospel Trane Brandee Younger, Dezron Douglas
    Force Majeure, International Anthem
  • SEGMENT: Allison Russell

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  • Fixin' It Up Kelsey Waldon
    The Goldmine Archives, Oh Boy Records
  • Magnolia Blues Adia Victoria
    A Southern Gothic, Atlantic
  • Instrumental: Day is Done Terri Lynne Carrington, John Patitucci and Lewis Porter
    Beauty and Mystery, Altrisuoni
  • Hard Times Johnny Cash
    Johnny Cash Unearthed, American
  • I'm Going Away Elizabeth Cotten
    Elizabeth Cotten Sings Shake Sugaree, Smithsonian Folkways
  • Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad Cliff Carlisle
    Country's Most Wanted Hits, Goldenlane
  • Here Comes the Sun Richie Havens
    Richie Havens Live at the Cellar Door, V.S.O.P.
  • End Bed: Springtime in Chicago Sun Ra
    Sun Ra and his Arkestra--Supersonic Jazz, Enterplantetary Koncepts

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