ETSU Global String Band - Rachenitsa and Horo

The East Tennessee State University Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Roots Music Studies Global String Band, directed by professor Lee Bidgood, performing in April, 2021 at the Down Home in Johnson City, TN. Czechia-based accordionist Kieren Alexander shared these tunes with the first version of the Global String band that Lee was teaching at Prague's Charles University in 2019. (Check out Kieren's band Free Balkan Quintet!).
from left to right:
fiddle - Lee Bidgood
banjo - Tray Wellington
mandolin - Josiah Nelson
bass - Holger Oleson
accordion - guest artist, Dr. Bradley Fugate (from ETSU's department of Theater and Dance)

Learn more about our program here: https://www.etsu.edu/cas/das/bluegrass/
Learn more about Lee and his work here: https://www.leebidgood.net