Second Time Around: Across The Pond

The early part of the 17th century saw the beginning of a steady stream of migrants from Scotland, Ireland and northern England into the Appalachian mountains of West Virginia and the Blue Ridge mountains of North Dakota and Tennessee. It's estimated that they formed around 90% of the early European Settlers. They of course took their musical traditions with them and, along with the influences brought by the victims of the slave trade, began the genesis of what was to become the now distinctive Appalachian "Old Time" sound. Across the Pond explores the origin and development of both Appalachian music and wider American music genres, influenced by early British folk music as it travelled throughout the nation by an ever growing migrant population. The early part of the 17th century saw the beginning of a steady stream of migrants from Scotland, Ireland and northern England into the Appalachian mountains of West Virginia and the Blue Ridge mountains of North Dakota and Tennessee. It's estimated that they formed around 90% of the early European Settlers. They of course took their musical traditions with them and, along with the influences brought by the victims of the slave trade, began the genesis of what was to become the now distinctive Appalachian "Old Time" sound. Across the Pond explores the origin and development of both Appalachian music and wider American music genres, influenced by early British folk music as it travelled throughout the nation by an ever growing migrant population.