In early August of 1927, Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter, his wife Sara and his sister-in-law Maybelle made the bumpy trip on rutted roads from their home in Maces Springs, Virginia to Bristol, ...

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1969 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution. 101 Songs of Coal Miners / Merle Travis. Guitar.

HILTONS, Va. – Grandpa Jones often referred to folks with distinction as the flower of the flock. He may well have said such in regards to Maybelle Carter. Carter, who died in 1978 at age 69, would ...

Country music legend Johnny Cash and American folk music group the Carter Family have influenced modern artists with their legacies. Lynnea Barry: Ring of Fire — The Carter Family takes the stage ...