Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers have released their performance of A.P. Carter's "Hello Stranger," from their upcoming album, 'Ramble in Music City: The Lost Concert,' due September 3 on Nonesuch Records. You can hear the album version, recorded live in concert at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville in 1990 and preorder the album here: https://smarturl.it/RambleInMusicCity Watch the full performance of the song on 'Austin City Limits' in 1993 here: https://www.youtube.com/watc

Born in 1909, on the 10th of May, Maybelle Carter is among American music’s most important and beloved figures. She is commonly referred to in country music circles as “Mother Maybelle” because of a lifetime of music-making that is ever-cherished and anchored in love. She created the "Carter Scratch" style of playing the guitar. On her 19th birthday, Maybelle, her cousin, Sara, and Sara's husband, A.P. Carter, recorded what is probably the Carter Family's most famous song, "Wildwood Flower". She