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Friday, May 08, 2009

Roots music on air for its fourth season

Cherryholmes will be featured on Episode 11.

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.

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