ED SNODDERLY (Part 2): PUBLISHED ON PRX 5/ 13 / 2023 - BEYOND A SONG originates in BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA and is sponsored by: THE BLUEBIRD NIGHTCLUB, REAL TO REELS RECORDING STUDIO, AND VISITBLOOMINGTON.COM.

Beyond a Song host Rich Reardin talks with Tennessee singer/songwriter Ed Snodderly. Ed Snodderly is a songwriter, singer and guitar picker, following in the footsteps of songsters as varied as A. P. Carter to Riley Puckett to Ray Davies. His songs beat with a strong sense of place and the heart of them is a fresh, creative twist to the listener’s ear. Combining outstanding musicianship with storytelling, the performances feel familiar, yet enlightening; like old ropes that pull the bells to ring. “The charts call it Folk/Americana. I feel it as American Southern music; could be New Hillbilly.”

His upbringing was in the mountains of East Tennessee, where roads twist and the valleys open to the four-lanes rolling all the way to Nashville. Ed’s lyrics feel like a cross-pollination with those old mountain roads, radio station songs, and voices on small-town street corners. ”I consider some of my songs a giving-back to my culture. I appreciate the being raised in and the being part of a special place and time. I stay inspired to write and sing my views to this modern world.”

In 2020 Ed was awarded a lifetime achievement award, presented to him from SERFA (Southern Region Of Folk Alliance) for his contributions to southern folk music. 

Musical selections include:  ED SNODDERLY (Part 1): PUBLISHED ON PRX 5/ 6 / 2023 - BEYOND A SONG originates in BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA and is sponsored by: THE BLUEBIRD NIGHTCLUB, REAL TO REELS RECORDING STUDIO, AND VISITBLOOMINGTON.COM.

Beyond a Song host Rich Reardin talks with Tennessee singer/songwriter Ed Snodderly. Ed Snodderly is a songwriter, singer and guitar picker, following in the footsteps of songsters as varied as A. P. Carter to Riley Puckett to Ray Davies. His songs beat with a strong sense of place and the heart of them is a fresh, creative twist to the listener’s ear. Combining outstanding musicianship with storytelling, the performances feel familiar, yet enlightening; like old ropes that pull the bells to ring. “The charts call it Folk/Americana. I feel it as American Southern music; could be New Hillbilly.”

His upbringing was in the mountains of East Tennessee, where roads twist and the valleys open to the four-lanes rolling all the way to Nashville. Ed’s lyrics feel like a cross-pollination with those old mountain roads, radio station songs, and voices on small-town street corners. ”I consider some of my songs a giving-back to my culture. I appreciate the being raised in and the being part of a special place and time. I stay inspired to write and sing my views to this modern world.”

In 2020 Ed was awarded a lifetime achievement award, presented to him from SERFA (Southern Region Of Folk Alliance) for his contributions to southern folk music. 

Musical selections include:  ED SNODDERLY (Part 1): PUBLISHED ON PRX 5/ 6 / 2023 - BEYOND A SONG originates in BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA and is sponsored by: THE BLUEBIRD NIGHTCLUB, REAL TO REELS RECORDING STUDIO, AND VISITBLOOMINGTON.COM.

Beyond a Song host Rich Reardin talks with Tennessee singer/songwriter Ed Snodderly. Ed Snodderly is a songwriter, singer and guitar picker, following in the footsteps of songsters as varied as A. P. Carter to Riley Puckett to Ray Davies. His songs beat with a strong sense of place and the heart of them is a fresh, creative twist to the listener’s ear. Combining outstanding musicianship with storytelling, the performances feel familiar, yet enlightening; like old ropes that pull the bells to ring. “The charts call it Folk/Americana. I feel it as American Southern music; could be New Hillbilly.”

His upbringing was in the mountains of East Tennessee, where roads twist and the valleys open to the four-lanes rolling all the way to Nashville. Ed’s lyrics feel like a cross-pollination with those old mountain roads, radio station songs, and voices on small-town street corners. ”I consider some of my songs a giving-back to my culture. I appreciate the being raised in and the being part of a special place and time. I stay inspired to write and sing my views to this modern world.”

In 2020 Ed was awarded a lifetime achievement award, presented to him from SERFA (Southern Region Of Folk Alliance) for his contributions to southern folk music. 

Musical selections include:  Jump Dance South, Chimney Smoke, Barn, Better Just Ride The Mule, The Diamond Stream, Nail, Walking in the Sunshine Again, Gone with Gone and Long Time.

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