Playing mostly for fun, the group explored the traditions of old-time country, blues, ragtime and bluegrass.
Started in 1954, Soma began mainly recording polka music, old-time country and western and jazz groups.
We specialize in the forms of American music that most educational institutions haven't been interested in: bluegrass, Southern gospel, blues, old-time country, Western swing.
October 20 - Grandpa Jones, "old-time" country signer, banjo player and comedian, star of television's Hee Haw (d. 1998).
About 10,000 people came to Rosendale following the fire to look at the charred remains, packing the village in "a scene [reminiscent of] an old-time country fair".
Bluegrass music is a mighty American river fed by strong tributaries: the blues, gospel music, old-time country, even jazz.
They don't have roots in ragtime, blues, old-time country or protest songs; their foundation is 1970's pop and what followed it.
John Hartford maintained his citizenship in that territory throughout his career, while moving from bluegrass to jazz to pop to old-time country, not just with ease but with authority.
The other players were much older and more famous from the forties, fifties and sixties, primarily as old-time country and bluegrass players.
A Doc Watson set travels the American musical landscape, touching on country swing, gospel, blues, old-time country, bluegrass, mountain music, even jazz.
