Friday, May 08, 2009
Roots music on air for its fourth season

Courtesy of Skaggs Family Records
Cherryholmes will be featured on Episode 11.
A mix of old and new regional and national roots music entertainers are scheduled for this year's edition of the nationally syndicated "Song of the Mountains."
The PBS show's fourth season airs Saturday on Blue Ridge PBS, WBRA (Channel 15) about 10:30 p.m., depending on when the channel's "Classic Cinema" show ends.
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'Song of the Mountains' host and Roanoke County native Tim White
Saturday night's episode features Lost & Found and the Kenny & Amanda Smith Band. Later shows this season will feature Tom T. Hall, Jesse McReynolds, Mike Seeger, New Found Road, Cherryholmes and The Dixie Bee-Liners
Expect to see 24 episodes of "Song of the Mountains" this year, twice that of years past, said show host Tim White. The show, shot on location at The Lincoln Theatre in Marion, has added camera and other production gear to increase output.
About 170 PBS stations broadcast the show now -- from Alaska to Los Angeles and San Francisco, and throughout the South.
"We're covering the map and we're reaching over 52 million people a year with 'Song of the Mountains,' from charming Marion, Va.," said White, a Roanoke County native and Northside High School alum who has lived in Blountville, Tenn., since 1975.
Here's the lineup:
Episode 1: Lost & Found, Kenny & Amanda Smith
Episode 2: Hillbilly Gypsies, Randy Waller & The Country Gentlemen
Episode 3: Beth Stevens & Edge, Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time
Episode 4: Pleasant Hill Band, Millers Creek
Episode 5: Bill & Maggie Anderson, A.J. Roach, James Leva & Purgatory Mountain
Episode 6: Tom T. Hall
Episode 7: Donna Ulisse, Shadow Ridge Band
Episode 8: New Found Road, Audie Blaylock & Redline
Episode 9: Mike Seeger, The Wilders
Episode 10: Gold Heart, Cody Shuler & Pine Mountain Railroad
Episode 11: Cherryholmes
Episode 12: Naomi's Fancy, Country Saloon
Episode 13: Snyder Family, Tim White & Friends
Episode 14: Circuit Riders, Dale Ann Bradley
Episode 15: Donna Hughes, Larry Stephenson Band
Episode 16: Big Country Bluegrass, James King Band
Episode 17: Zephyr Lightning Bolts, Tommy Freeman & Tennessee Skyline
Episode 18: Sigean, Mike Stevens and Raymond McLain
Episode 19: Bluegrass & Beyond, Don Rigsby & Midnight Call
Episode 20: The Special Consensus, Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike
Episode 21: Lou Reid & Carolina
Episode 22: The Moron Brothers, Nothin' Fancy
Episode 23: Jesse McReynolds & The Virginia Boys
Episode 24: Christmas Special: Fire In The Kitchen, Dixie Bee-Liners, Daniel Boner
On the Web: songofthemountains .org, wbra.org.





