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    Settlers Brought Ancient Ballads to Mountains (podcast)
    Blue Ridge Music Trail Posted On September 6, 2017


    When English, Irish and Scottish settlers moved into Appalachia, they brought an ancient form of music with them – the ballad. The isolated mountains drew song collectors like Englishman Cecil Sharp. In Madison County, Sharp collected several hundred songs – […]


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