Ring The Bell is a 25 minute FM radio experiment. It seeks to collapse the distance between 100 years of Appalachian music, bridging the gap between traditional fiddle tunes, ballads, and modern noise folk experiments. It is also a celebration of the possibilities of terrestrial radio and a tribute to the steadfast commitment of WPAQ, a family run AM radio station that has faithfully broadcast its unique old time, bluegrass, and sermon only format from the blue ridge mountains for 76 years. Strap in for a late night drive through the depths of the Southeast, soundtracked by an antenna and a radio selector equally on the fritz.
Tracks were transferred from analog sources, samples were gathered, and synth keys were taped down; The show was then recorded in one take from an SP-404 to a Zoom H4n. No computers were used in the production of this broadcast.
