Release Date: 23 June 2023
Label: Never Met A Stranger
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 877746004704
Genres: Folk American Folk
Description
Martha Spencer is a singer-songwriter, mountain musician and dancer from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. She grew up in the musical Spencer family and from a very young age has been dancing (flatfoot/clogging), singing, and playing guitar, fiddle, banjo, bass, dulcimer, and mandolin. Over two-days in July 2019, Never Met A Stranger conducted an intimate recording session with Martha at a farmhouse in Grassy Creek, North Carolina.
Of this session, Martha writes: "These recordings are dedicated to a lot of strong women I was influenced by growing up in my family and community around Whitetop Mountain VA. Many of the songs are ones I remember hearing my mom sing and play on the banjo. My cousins Audrey Hash Ham and Ola Belle Reed, Granny Della Reedy (Albert Hash's mom), and the Carter Family all inspired me to learn different songs that we've recorded for this album. Wayne Henderson, Doc Watson and Larry Sigmon all ring out through my heart and mind too in some of the picking. These are a lot of the songs I grew up with and there's an original of mine added in too."
Tracklisting
Any-Angled Light
Martha Spencer
John Haywood
John Haywood, Kevin Howard & Russell Griswald
Wyndham Baird
Various Artists
Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams
Charlie Parr
The Brother Boys
No Depression
Beppe Gambetta
