© 2024 Iowa Public Radio
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

The Thistle & Shamrock: Americana Celts

Archie Fisher is featured on this week's <em>The Thistle & Shamrock</em>.
Courtesy of the artist
Archie Fisher is featured on this week's The Thistle & Shamrock.

The Piedmont blues and old time music of Americans Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee and Aunt Samantha Bumgarner were all early influences on Scottish singers and guitarists including Archie Fisher, John Martyn and Bert Jansch. Join host Fiona Ritchie to hear how this music migrated, evolved, changed and came full circle.

Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.