Fertile Crescent of the Blue Ridge

A Fertile Crescent — The Blue Ridge Plateau and the Birth of Country Music

By KINNEY RORRER— The term mountain music first appeared on phonograph records in 1933 as recorded by such country singers as Elton Britt, Ken Landon, James Brown, Jr. and the Kelly Brothers. Mountain music came …

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