Bluegrass Jam Along/Celebrating the Legacy of Rich-R-Tone/Folk Star with Ted Olson
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| Celebrating the Legacy of Rich-R-Tone/Folk Star with Ted Olson | |
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| Podcast | Bluegrass Jam Along |
| Date | 2026-02-25 |
| About | Ted Olson |
| Length | 67 min |
| Audio | Audio file |
Episode Description
My guest this week is Ted Olson, professor of Appalachian Studies at East Tennessee State University. Ted joins me to celebrate the Rich-R-Tone record label and it's offshoot Folk Star. Rich-R-Tone was founded in 1946 by James Hobart Stanton who, in Ted's words, "was probably single-handedly the most important documentarian of Appalachian music." Ted has extensively researched Stanton and the Rich_R-Tone label for a project he co-produced for Bear Family Records - The Rich-R-Tone/Folk Star...
