Songs For The Mountaintop
"Songs for the Mountaintop clearly demonstrates how deeply the artists of Appalachia care about their homeland and culture. 'Protest' has been a part of folk music since long before Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie. This album carries on a great tradition that I am proud to be a part of."
-Michael Jonathan
Host of Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Members of Public Outcry with Michael Jonathan on the Woodsongs set.
On April 9, 2007 musicians from Songs For The Mountaintop appeared on Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour. The show featured performances by Public Outcry, Reel World String Band and readings by Silas House and Frank X. Walker. The show will air in June and reaches an estimated audience of 1.5 million! Stay tuned for air dates.
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Songs for the Mountaintop grew out of rich Kentucky ground.
We've a long tradition here of making our own songs when we need them:
when miners fought for the right to organize in the 1930s, and later when Kentuckians
demanded controls on surface mining and an end to the Broad Form Deed.
We need them again, and the songs are coming, some of them collected here.
The musical styles are as diverse as Kentucky, and
we think you will enjoy the songs. But we have another purpose:
to tell the truth about mountaintop removal mining in Kentucky.
We've a long tradition here of making our own songs when we need them:
when miners fought for the right to organize in the 1930s, and later when Kentuckians
demanded controls on surface mining and an end to the Broad Form Deed.
We need them again, and the songs are coming, some of them collected here.
The musical styles are as diverse as Kentucky, and
we think you will enjoy the songs. But we have another purpose:
to tell the truth about mountaintop removal mining in Kentucky.
-Anne Shelby
KFTC is proud to announce the arrival of a new collection of songs by Kentucky
musicians singing out against mountaintop removal mining and
for a better future in the mountains.
The album includes 12 great tracks from homegrown favorites:
musicians singing out against mountaintop removal mining and
for a better future in the mountains.
The album includes 12 great tracks from homegrown favorites:
Jean Ritchie The Betweeners Clack Mountain String Band
Reel World String Band The Doolittles Randy Wilson
Kate Larken Anne Shelby Ford MacNeill
George Ella Lyon Tim Gilliam Brett Ratliff
Reel World String Band The Doolittles Randy Wilson
Kate Larken Anne Shelby Ford MacNeill
George Ella Lyon Tim Gilliam Brett Ratliff
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Where To Buy
Songs For The Mountaintop
is currently available at:
The Cozy Corner - Whitesburg KY
CoffeeTree Books - Morehead KY
Carmichael's Bookstores - Louisville KY
Joseph Beth Booksellers - Lexington KY
The Highlander Center - New Market, TN
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