WoodSongs 614: Emmylou Harris, Darrell Scott and more - Part 1

Recorded: March 14, 2011
People have been singing about the mountains for generations. In recent years, the voices singing them have taken on a special urgency with the advent of mountain top removal. The landscape of Appalachia is changing with the times - and so are the songs. Taped at the historic Lexington Opera House this broadcast featuring an array of artists singing the music of coal country and Appalachia. Michael Johnathon conceived of the broadcast theme after watching a public television broadcast of “Coal Country,” a film about the Appalachian mountains by the award winning team of Mari-Lynn Evans and Jordan Freeman.
EMMYLOU HARRIS began her career singing with the legendary Gram Parson. A member of the Grand Ole Opry, her career has produced huge hits including "Two More Bottles of Wine," and "To Know Him Is to Love Him" from her Grammy winning album with Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt, Trio.
DARRELL SCOTT is one of Kentucky's most powerful songwriters. Scott has collaborated with Steve Earle, Sam Bush, Emmylou Harris, John Cowan, Verlon Thompson, Guy Clark, Tim O'Brien, Kate Rusby, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and many others. Darrell will perform his deeply moving mountain ballad, “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive.”
JOHN ADAMS co-founded the Natural Resources Defense Council in Washington DC. In February 2011, Adams received the Presidential Medal of Freedom -- our nation's highest civilian honor -- from President Obama. In 2010, Adams and his wife Patricia co-authored “A Force for Nature,” a memoir recounting their forty years of battles and victories with NRDC.
NIKKY FINNY is a writer and poet who will recite the James Still poem "Heritage" during the broadcast. She is the author of several books of poetry, most notably "Rice," winner of the PEN America Open Book Award, and "The World is Round," winner of the 2004 Benjamin Franklin Award for Poetry. Sue Massek from the Reel World String Band will play banjo behind Nikky's recitation.
MADISON GLOVER is a delightful 10 years old singer from Morehead, KY and she will perform an a capella version of the Jean Ritchie mountain song "In The Cool of the Day."

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What a national treasure showcased in the heart of our nation. Woodsongs, Emmy and the gang are a match made in heaven. thank you Jonathan.

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Man, I love Darrell Scott!

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