August 13, 2024 | 7 pm @ Birthplace of Country Music Museum
• AUG. 13:Brandon Storyspeaks at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum, Bristol, Va., at 7 p.m.His topic is“Gospel According to Bristol.”Of the 76 sides recorded in Bristol in 1927, 31 were gospel songs. This variety of solo, quartet, string-band and full-choir gospel music allows us to sample the sacred music of the central Appalachian region in the 1920s. Story’s talk focuses on the recordings of Alfred Karnes, Ernest Phipps, The Alcoa and Stamps Quartets and the Tennessee Mountaineers and consider how worship traditions and beliefs influenced song selections and performance styles.423-758-1927, www.birthplaceofcountrymusic.org
Category: Lecture