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Ola Belle Reed
12+ albums
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Ola Belle Campbell Reed (August 18, 1916 – August 16, 2002) was an American folk singer, songwriter and banjo player. Born in Lansing, North Carolina, Reed's songs often speak of Appalachian life and traditions. Her best known songs have been recorded by mainstream bluegrass and country artists. High on a Mountain, has been recorded by Del McCoury, Tim O'Brien, and Marty Stuart. I've Endured, has been recorded by Del McCoury as well as Tim O'Brien. The annual Ola Belle Reed Music Festival in Lansing, NC celebrates her life and music. In 1986, Reed was awarded an NEA National Heritage Fellowship. In 2010, Smithsonian Folkways released Rising Sun Melodies, a collection of 11 songs that appeared on her previous Folkways recordings, plus eight previously unreleased tracks that were recorded at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in the 1970s. Among the musicians accompanying her on the album were her brother Alex Campbell, her husband Bud Reed, her son Dave Reed, and the husband and wife team of John Coffey and Betsy Rutherford. In January 2011, Ola Belle Reed's Rising Sun Melodies won The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards in the Reissue category. Ola Belle Campbell Reed (1915-2002) was an American mountain music matriarch whose music, singing and songwriting has influenced Del McCoury, Tim O'Brien, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, The Blood Oranges, Marty Stuart, Demolition String Band, Ollabelle (the band), Uncle Earl and many others who have all recorded and performed her materia
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albums
Rising Sun Melodies
Ola Belle Reed & Family
Ola Belle Reed
Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
My Epitaph: A Documentary in Song and Lyric
All In One Evening
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Classic Bluegrass Vol. 2 from Smithsonian Folkways
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The Rounder Records Story
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Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records
My Epitaph
The Peanut Butter Falcon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Classic Bluegrass Vol. 2