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Old Crow Medicine Show on how Nashville has changed since the mid-'90s

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Old Crow Medicine Show on how Nashville has changed since the mid-'90s

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Ahead of their time in igniting interest in the String Band tradition, Old Crow Medicine Show was also ahead of the curve, landing in Nashville in the mid-'90s, well before it was declared the It City.

Old Crow Medicine Show on World Cafe

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Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor Writes A New Song For A Troubled America

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Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor Writes A New Song For A Troubled America

For the Morning Edition Song Project, we've been asking musicians to write and perform an original song for us. First up, Ketch Secor catalogs the state of the country on "Pray for America."

Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor Writes A New Song For A Troubled America

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World Cafe Nashville: Ketch Secor Of Old Crow Medicine Show

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World Cafe Nashville: Ketch Secor Of Old Crow Medicine Show

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Ketch Secor is a Renaissance man who not only continues to make great music with Old Crow, but has also branched out into children's education.

Ketch Secor Of Old Crow Medicine Show on World Cafe

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Ketch Secor Brings An Appalachian Tale To Life With 'Lorraine'

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Ketch Secor Brings An Appalachian Tale To Life With 'Lorraine'

The Old Crow Medicine Show singer has published his first children's book, which recounts a traditional folktale.

Ketch Secor Brings An Appalachian Tale To Life With 'Lorraine'

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New Music Friday: April 20

Kimbra's Primal Heart is one of our picks for the most essential albums out on April 20. Micaiah Carter/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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New Music Friday: April 20

This week's quick run through some of the best new albums out on Apr. 20 includes primal pop from Kimbra, a collection of audio curiosities from DRINKS, the Old Crow Medicine Show, Exitmusic and more.

New Music Friday: April 20

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World Cafe Nashville: Willie Watson

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World Cafe Nashville: Willie Watson

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As a founder of Old Crow Medicine Show and now in a solo career, he feels his way through America's musical history by sliding an old bottleneck against the strings of his acoustic guitar.

World Cafe Nashville: Willie Watson

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On 'Remedy,' Old Crow Medicine Show Gets A Favor From Bob Dylan

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On 'Remedy,' Old Crow Medicine Show Gets A Favor From Bob Dylan

"I learned more from Bob Dylan's songs than I did from any class, in any time, at any school in my life," singer Ketch Secor says.

On 'Remedy,' Old Crow Medicine Show Gets A Favor From Bob Dylan

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First Listen: Old Crow Medicine Show, 'Remedy'

Old Crow Medicine Show's new album, Remedy, comes out July 1. Andrea Behrends/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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First Listen: Old Crow Medicine Show, 'Remedy'

Like a big, friendly sheepdog that just can't help itself, the Virginia roots-rock group's music bounds right up to you and licks your face. This is a band with little use for muted gestures.

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Old Crow Medicine Show: Something Borrowed

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Old Crow Medicine Show: Something Borrowed

The Nashville band discusses its new album, Carry Me Back, and explains how its 2004 hit "Wagon Wheel" arose from an unfinished song sketch by Bob Dylan.

Old Crow Medicine Show: Something Borrowed

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World Cafe

Old Crow Medicine Show: Return To Roots

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Old Crow Medicine Show brings its rootsy back-porch sound to World Café, where it showcases songs from the new Tennessee Pusher. The disc takes a modern approach to Americana with gospel and rock overtones, but leaves the band's roots firmly intact.

Old Crow Medicine Show: Return To Roots

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Old Crow Medicine Show: Punk Americana

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Old Crow Medicine Show is a country/bluegrass quintet with a punk attitude and a vibrant Americana style that's hard to resist. The group's instrumental repertoire includes upright bass, harmonica, fiddle, banjo and multiple guitars, to go with vocals propelled by a distinctive country twang.

Old Crow Medicine Show: Punk Americana

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Old Crow Medicine Show Revives Traveling Tradition

The five-member string band Old Crow Medicine Show got its start eight years ago when it busked and played in bars in Canada. The group attempts to recapture and honor the tradition of traveling variety shows that fanned across the United States more than a century ago.

Old Crow Medicine Show Revives Traveling Tradition

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