{"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":"LOCAL FOCAL // The Pine Barrens Folk Music","slug":"local-focal-the-pine-barrens-folk-music","published_at":"2023-10-29T07:13:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/american-songcatcher-688699/local-focal-the-pine-barrens-folk-music","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/american-songcatcher-688699","url":"https://a1526ccb-749b-4804-ba7b-a9ed7525149e.libsyn.com/local-focal-the-pine-barrens-folk-music","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/a1526ccb-749b-4804-ba7b-a9ed7525149e/352710502-44100-2-8738fd97a9f73.m4a?dest-id=5194670","summary":"Today, we proudly present the sixth installment of the LOCAL FOCAL series, where we're collaborating with artists around the country to share unique and lesser-known musical history. Our narrator today is Joe Makoviecki (mackavecky) who brings to the surface a near century-old lineage, the story of New Jersey's own first family of folk music, The Ridgeways, who settled in a territory deep in South Jersey known as The Pine Barrens, and whose music faded into obscurity for several decades until recently. Jackson Pines Merce Ridgeway - Library of Congress Support Independent Programming! Join the ⁠ Patreon⁠ ! Send a one-time donation through ⁠ Venmo⁠ or ⁠ PayPal⁠ Follow: ⁠American Songcatcher⁠ Credits : Nicholas Edward Williams - Editing, Recording and Distribution Joe Makoviecki - Narration, Research","meta_description":"Today, we proudly present the sixth installment of the LOCAL FOCAL series, where we're collaborating with artists around the country to share unique and l…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1477,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/american-songcatcher-688699/episodes/local-focal-the-pine-barrens-folk-music/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/local-focal-the-pine-barrens-folk-music.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}