Martha Scanlan
Encyclopedia
Martha Scanlan is a bluegrass
singer-songwriter
. She is originally from Minnesota
and has been featured on the Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour
and the Cold Mountain
soundtrack (as a member of the Reeltime Travelers).
Bluegrass music
Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
. She is originally from Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
and has been featured on the Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Woodsongs
The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour, produced and hosted by folksinger Michael Johnathon is listened to by over 1 Million radio listeners on over 493 radio each week all over the world. It is provided free of charge to public and community radio stations anywhere in the world. It had been available...
and the Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain (film)
Cold Mountain is a 2003 war drama film written and directed by Anthony Minghella. The film is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Charles Frazier...
soundtrack (as a member of the Reeltime Travelers).