John Lair knew that if he brought Kentucky music to the world, he could get the world to come to Kentucky. In the 1930s, Lair created the Renfro Valley Barn Dance, a radio and stage show filled with ...
Tradition, ambition, and the theater -- "Something big" : the birth of the National Folk Festival -- John Lair, student of the origins of American folk music -- Tooting the horn : the heyday of the ...
Summer break is now in full swing, and the breeze is warm. For many, this conjures up fond memories of iced tea, time on the farm, and of course, good old country music. So if the heart longs to hear ...
Bobby Maynard is picking at the famed Renfro Valley Barn Dance in Kentucky tonight before hauling back across Kentucky and the length of West Virginia on Sunday on his way to the Eastern Panhandle to ...