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In the early-mid 1970s, WYSO was the site of an explosion in bluegrass and old-time music, both on the air and at venues throughout the Miami Valley.
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Mark Whitt & The True Bluegrass Band can play.
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Northern Irish bluegrass band Cup O’ Joe joined Midday Music host Evan Miller this week ahead of their performance at Holland Theatre in Bellefontaine.
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Kaleidoscope host Juliet Fromholt spoke with Bluegrass band My Brother’s Keeper about their new album, Field Guide.
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Bluegrass musician Katie Laur talks with Tom Duffee, host of A Country Ramble, about new her memoir, Red Dirt Girl.
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Local bluegrass musician Joe Mullins, alongside fellow local musician and author Fred Bartenstein, will showcase the book and album of the same name, highlighting Ohio musical heritage.
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Stringus Khan performs live on Kaleidoscope and talks to host Juliet Fromholt about how they're bouncing back from the pandemic, their new album World on Fire and the upcoming release party at Mother Stewart's in Springfield.
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Between the end of World War II and the mid-1960s, about three and a half million people migrated from Appalachia to the urban manufacturing centers of the Midwest. Over 40,000 came to the Dayton area from West Virginia, Tennessee, and especially Eastern Kentucky, seeking work at companies like National Cash Register, Frigidaire, and General Motors. They brought their culture and their music along with them. Archives Fellow Jocelyn Robinson brings us the rich mountain heritage in the WYSO audio collection, preserved through the efforts of three local brothers.
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These was a time in the 1940’s and 50’s, when people arrived from Appalachia daily in Dayton in buses and cars. They came in hopes of jobs at factories such as National Cash Register, Frigidaire and GM. Many brought guitars, mandolins and banjos and settled in East Dayton. A new book and CD, Industrial Strength Bluegrass tells this history. Dave Barber has the story of the Mullins family, one of the families that sits at the center of this story.
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A new book and its companion CD celebrate the history of bluegrass music in Southwestern Ohio. Community Voices producer Dave Barber explores a corner of that history in East Dayton, where transplants from Kentucky and other southern states settled after finding factory jobs and bluegrass music provided a soundtrack.
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Vick Mickunas' 2021 interview with Fred Bartenstein
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Cincinnati-based bluegrass band Slippery Creek visited the WYSO studios ahead of their performance at the 2018 Miami Valley Bluegrass and Artisan…