Belfast to Bluegrass

First radio air date: June 25, 2016
About This Episode

This week Tent Show Radio flashes back to the biggest new hit of
2016 - a musical gem called Belfast to Bluegrass from the team of
Severin Behnen, Stevie Matier and Bruce Burnside. Belfast to
Bluegrass is a musical adventure of jigs and ballads as they
travel to the Appalachian Mountains by way of a quarter of a
million Scots Irish.


Before the United States were formed, the inhabitants were
absorbing, merging and transforming the ethnic sounds of its
people. Hear the changes in the traditional Celtic tunes as
bluegrass and other genres are being born into the world of our
traditional American musical culture. Performed by the Blue
Canvas Orchestra, featuring special guests Stevie Matier, Molly
Stoddard, Tom Draughon, Nori Perrine and Liesel Wilson.
About Michael Perry

Michael Perry is a New York Times bestselling author, humorist
and radio show host from New Auburn, Wisconsin.


Perry’s bestselling memoirs include Population 485, Truck: A Love
Story, Coop, and Visiting Tom, and his latest, Montaigne in Barn
Boots: An Amateur Ambles Through Philosophy. His first book for
young readers, The Scavengers, was published in 2014 and first
novel for adult readers, The Jesus Cow, was published in May of
2015.


Raised on a small Midwestern dairy farm, Perry put himself
through nursing school while working on a ranch in Wyoming, then
wandered into writing. He lives with his wife and two daughters
in rural Wisconsin, where he serves on the local volunteer fire
and rescue service and is an intermittent pig farmer. He hosts
the nationally-syndicated “Tent Show Radio,” performs widely as a
humorist, and tours with his band the Long Beds (currently
recording their third album for Amble Down Records). He has
recorded three live humor albums including Never Stand Behind A
Sneezing Cow and The Clodhopper Monologues.


Learn more about Michael and where to get his publications at
www.sneezingcow.com.


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