Season 3 · Episode 7
Musical Stories by Josh Goforth and Charlotte Blake Alston
The Apple Seed · BYUradio
April 20, 202328m 3s
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Show Notes
A pair of musical stories, both recorded live in the Apple Seed Studio.
(1:48) North Carolina storyteller and musician Josh Goforth unfurls the hidden story behind the well-known folk song “Tom Dooley.” The journey to that song’s meaning all begins with a performance of another song, “A Locket and a Curl.”
(20:56) Philadelphia-area storyteller Charlotte Blake Alston shares a rhythmic tribute to the great Jazz musician and cultural ambassador Louis Armstrong in a piece she calls “Louis Armstrong Rap.”