Ola Belle Reed & Southern Mountain Music

The first in-depth look at the life of Ola Belle Reed, a groundbreaking artist who is one of the all-time greatest performers of authentic, old-time music. Ola Belle Reed s 1960s recordings, some of the earliest she ever made and available here for the very first time, are counter-balanced by a disc of modern-day field recordings of her descendants and those within her Appalachian community that she inspired. This deluxe edition highlights Ola Belle s deep repertoire folk ballads, minstrel songs, country standards, and originals and traces the impact her music made and is still making today.