Country/Bluegrass

Country music is defined as "a form of popular music originating in the rural southern US. It is traditionally a mixture of ballads and dance tunes played characteristically on fiddle, guitar, steel guitar, drums, and keyboard."

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Spartanburg Musical History | ETV Upstate
Spartanburg Musical History | ETV Upstate

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

A short profile of many popular musicians who got their start in Spartanburg, S.C., including Joe Bennett and the Sparkletones, Paul Riddle, the Marshall Tucker Band, Pink Anderson (from whom Pink...
Chapman, Martha Marshall II | South Carolina Public Radio
Chapman, Martha Marshall II | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

“C” is for Chapman, Martha Marshall, II [b. 1949]. Musician. A native of Spartanburg, Chapman moved to Nashville to attend Vanderbilt and has lived there much of her adult life. Classified by many as...
SC Music and Musicians | Conversations on SC History 19
SC Music and Musicians | Conversations on SC History
Episode 19

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Noted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar discusses the key issues in SC History. in this episode, learn about South Carolina Music and Musicians. Genres of music like spirituals, blues, gospel...
Country | Gullah Music
Country | Gullah Music
Episode 8

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Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Country music as we know it today grew out of blues and folk music. In country music’s earliest form, southern musicians both white and black, created music for the working class that told stories...
Bill's Music Shop | ETV Shorts
Bill's Music Shop | ETV Shorts

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

"Friday At Bill's" is a story about music and it's also a story about a small business in transition. Bill Wells, founder of Bill's Music Shop and Pickin' Parlor, died in November 2011, and his son...