Episode 98: Broadcasting the Ozarks - Kitty Ledbetter (On the Bookshelf, Part 8)

Episode Description

This episode features a conversation with Kitty Ledbetter about her new book, "Broadcasting the Ozarks: Si Siman and Country Music at the Crossroads."

 

Episode Image: May Kennedy McCord sitting on a porch with a guitar, ca. 1930s [Vance Randolph Ozark Folksongs Collection (C3774), SHSMO]

Banner Image: A crowd in Springfield, Missouri, 1952 [Robert Lipscomb Papers (SP0053), SHSMO]

About the Guest

Kitty Ledbetter is professor emerita of English at Texas State University. She formerly served as editor of the Journal of Texas Music History. She is the author of "Broadcasting the Ozarks: Si Siman and Country Music at the Crossroads."