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Long Journey Home: An Introduction

By Allen Tullos

September 1, 1977 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 5 No. 2, "Long Journey Home: Folklife in the South." Find more from that issue here.

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A Voice from Home: Southern Mountain Musicians on the Maryland-Pennsylvania Border

By Charles CampDavid E. Whisnant

September 1, 1977 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 5 No. 2, "Long Journey Home: Folklife in the South." Find more from that issue here.

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Black and white photo of older white man seated outside in front of the window of a house, talking and looking at someone away from the camera

"Little David Blues": An Interview with Tom Lowry

By Fran AnsleyBrenda BellFlorence Reece

August 1, 1974 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 1 No. 3/4, "No More Moanin'." Find more from that issue here.

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The Brookside Mine – 1974

By Southern Exposure

March 1, 1974 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 2 No. 1, "America's Best Music and More..." Find more from that issue here.

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Black and white photo of white man playing mandolin and wearing a cowboy hat

The Limits of a Folk Hero: Bascom Lamar Lunsford

By Bill Finger