“Consider the Lilies”
Recording of ten gospel songs by the Hylton family of Floyd County.
Recording of ten gospel songs by the Hylton family of Floyd County.
Oral histories of musicians and dancers who entertained visitors to Mabry Mill on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Hansel Roberson crafted this mandolin using curly maple for the sides and neck.
Tricentennial model parlor organ available through the Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog.
These 1978-79 recordings were made by the Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project, a study via the American Folklife Center and the National Park Service.
Rare album features Tommy and Mickey Conner of Check, Va,, with friends W.J. Wood, Herbert Lynch, and Ebo Clifton. HR008 1974, 12″ LP
Paul Clayton, a noted folksinger, collected Virginia ballads while a UVA student under folklorist, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr.
Recording of ten gospel songs by the Hylton family of Floyd County and Marie.
Jigs, templates, and clamp created by Stanley Lorton for his instrument making.
Another posthumous music honor for Floyd County native Randall Hylton.
Dale Gallimore’s Saturday morning radio show gave local musicians an audience.
A CD with 20 songs recorded by Stanley Lorton, long-time resident of the Buffalo Mountain section of Floyd County.
Maurice Slusher recorded reel-to-reel tapes of two music sessions at Sam McNiel’s store in the 1970s.
Marie Gallimore of Willis played bass and sang on this CD.