Madeline MacNeil & Ralph Lee Smith: Across the Blue Ridge

Across the Blue Ridge: Songs with the Mountain Dulcimer reunites two truly legendary figures in the world of traditional song. Madeline MacNeil is known far and wide for her soaring, gorgeous voice and stellar dulcimer playing. Folklorist and musician Ralph Lee Smith has researched and collected traditional songs for decades, starting in the late 50's during his days in Greenwich Village amidst such luminaries as Dave Von Ronk, Jean Ritchie and Alan Block. Across the Blue Ridge brings these two old friends together to share some of the best known songs of the Appalachian hills, ranging from their raucous "When Are You Coming To See Me" to Ralph's plaintive reading of "Who's Going To Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot" to Maddie's now classic rendition of "Shenandoah". They are joined by guitarist and founder of Falling Mountain Music Michael DeLalla.