Clifton Cultural Center will present a two-day event, September 19 & 20, called "I've Rambled This Country Both Early & Late: A Celebration of Kentucky Mountain Music," which will feature performances by John Harrod, Ron Pen, Anna Roberts-Gevalt, and the Red State Ramblers, as well as a community dance, film screenings, a "shape note" singing, instrument workshops, and discussions. On top of all that, the event itself is centered on the release of more than 32 hours of music that was recorded by Alan Lomax in 1937, much of which has not been widely available until now, thanks to a collaboration between the Clifton Center and Nathan Salburg. Tickets are "pay what you will."
The schedule is:
Friday, September 19
7:00pm - Pre-concert Talk: Lomax Archive Curator Nathan Salsburg will give remarks on Lomax's East Kentucky recordings.
8:00pm - Concert with John Harrod & Kentucky Wild Horse. Opening set by Anna Roberts-Gevalt, Sara Wood, and Karly Dawn Higgins Saturday, September 20
10:00am to 2:00pm - Shape-note singing, hosted by the Ohio Valley Shape Note Singers
2:00pm - Appalshop Films Screening: "To Fit My Own Category" (on Nimrod Workman); "Dreadful Memories" (on Sarah Ogan Gunning)
4:00pm to 5:30pm - Directed workshops:
- crankies (Anna Roberts-Gevalt)
- banjo (Jesse Wells)
- fiddle (Nikos Pappas)
7:00pm - Round robin tune-swap with festival participants
8:30pm - Square dance with Red State Ramblers. Called by Randy Wilson.

For more information, go to I've Rambled This Country Both Early & Late: A Celebration of Kentucky Mountain Music

--Paul Moffett