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This rare 45 rpm single by “The Weedpatch Boys,” released in 1963, is part of a large “historically and culturally significant” bluegrass audio collection recently donated to MTSU’s Center for Popular Music by the family of Indiana music lover Marvin Hedrick. Hedrick was a member of the band, as were his two sons. The center received a $19,537 grant from the Grammy Foundation April 6 to preserve and digitize the collection.

Center for Popular Music nabs another Grammy grant

MTSU’s Center for Popular Music is the recipient of another national grant from the Grammy Foundation, this time to digitize an extensive, “historically and culturally significant” live bluegrass audio collection from Indiana music lover Marvin Hedrick.

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Spring Fed Records releases rare tunes on new CD

The newest release from Spring Fed Records is a set of home recordings made by music icon banjoist John Hartford and fiddling legend Howdy Forrester.

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Spring Fed Records adds to CPM repertoire

The Center for Popular Music has acquired another priceless set of recordings that preserve the musical offerings of the U.S. South.

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