{"podcast":{"title":"American Songcatcher","slug":"american-songcatcher-688699","podcast_index_feed_id":688699,"rss_url":"https://rss.libsyn.com/shows/597330/destinations/5194670.xml","website_url":"http://www.americansongcatcher.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/2/a/3/8/2a38672ff32e18e2d959afa2a1bf1c87/AS-20251023-n6dhvh57fq.png","author":"Nicholas Edward Williams","episode_count":53,"summary":"Tracing the roots of American music from its cultured past to artists playing it forward, folk musician, musicologist and host Nicholas Edward Williams takes listeners on a unique documentary-style podcast experience. Dive into the stories of centuries-old Traditional songs and migrants who carried their musical heritage here, and uncover the lives of pioneers and integral musicians who created and shaped styles such as Bluegrass, Ragtime, Jazz and Swing, Country, Gospel, Blues, Old-Time, and the Folk music that's derived from it all. Here's to the songs of old, may they live on forever.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-10T08:21:59.502875+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/american-songcatcher-688699"},"episode":{"title":"ANNOUNCEMENT // ROOTS MUSIC REVUE","slug":"announcement-roots-music-revue","published_at":"2026-09-09T18:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/american-songcatcher-688699/announcement-roots-music-revue","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/american-songcatcher-688699","url":"https://a1526ccb-749b-4804-ba7b-a9ed7525149e.libsyn.com/announcement-roots-music-revue","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/a1526ccb-749b-4804-ba7b-a9ed7525149e/RMR_Ad.mp3?dest-id=5194670","summary":"Coming this fall, listen in for American Songcatcher 's \"Roots Music Revue\", the first live radio show centered on Appalachian music history, recorded at the Earl Scruggs Center in Shelby, NC and syndicated on NPR'S WNCW and online at WNCW.org. Season 1 Lineup: September 24th | Leah Song (of Rising Appalachia) TICKETS October 29th | Travis Book (of The Infamous Stringdusters) TICKETS November 19th | Melissa McKinney (of MAMA) TICKETS Here's to the songs of old, may they live on forever. Follow American Songcatcher Now a flagship program of the 501c3 nonprofit ReString Appalachia","meta_description":"Coming this fall, listen in for American Songcatcher 's \"Roots Music Revue\", the first live radio show centered on Appalachian music history, recorded at…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":91,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/american-songcatcher-688699/episodes/announcement-roots-music-revue/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/american-songcatcher-688699/announcement-roots-music-revue.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}