Russ Carson didn’t just have a father who played the banjo; he had a father who made them. So yeah, music was in his Pennsylvania home, and he began playing at age 10. He did time with several bands, including Gold Heart and Audie Blaylock’s Redline, before joining one of the elite units of our time, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder. He recently released what appears to be his third solo album Songs That Birds Don’t Sing through the Engelhardt Music Group, and it’s a wonderful ride that mixes styles and classics with Russ’s original tunes. We spin “Look Me Up By The Ocean Door,” written by the Cox Family, with Ron Block on lead vocals. Also new this week, a rich socially provocative song from the Del McCoury Band, a beauty from our favorite dulcimer player Sarah Kate Morgan and fiddler Leo Shannon. The new Laurie Lewis song is a blazer too.
Tune Hash - Rabbit in the Pea Patch
Del McCoury Band - Appalachian Cry
The Foreign Landers - Leaves So Green
Bela Fleck - Dear Old Dixie
Po Ramblin' Boys with Tommy Brown - Let 'Em Know I'm From Virginia
Laurie Lewis - Look Down that Lonesome Road
I Draw Slow - Hesitation Waltz
Nate Leath and Friends - Ride Old Buck To Water
Brad Leftwich and David Winston - Rock the Cradle Joe
Jesse Smathers - Dark Clouds
Sarah Kate Morgan and Leo Shannon - Cait's Jig
The Stanley Brothers - Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet
The Wayfarers - Greasy Coat
Russ Carson - Look Me Up By The Ocean Door
The Other Years - Chapel On Pine Mountain
The Local Honeys - First Church Of God
Tune Hash - Rabbit in the Pea Patch
