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The Carter Family

he Carter Family (American singer and musician Maybelle Carter (1909-1978), American singer and musician Anita Carter (1933-1999), American singer and musician Helen Carter (1927-1998), and American singer and musician June Carter (1929-2003)) performing live at Columbia Recording Studios, possibly during the recording of 'An Historic Reunion' at Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, June 1966. Mother and daughters had also performed as The Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle. (Photo by Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

The Carter Family

NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of The Carter Family on 6 October 2020. The Carter Family has been played over 30 times on NTS, first on 13 February 2016. The Carter Family's music has been featured on 23 episodes.

The Carter Family was a country music group that performed and recorded between 1927 and 1943. Their music had a profound impact on later bluegrass, country, pop and rock musicians, as well as on the U.S. folk revival of the 1960s.

The original group consisted of Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter (A.P.; 1891-1960), his wife, Sara Dougherty Carter (autoharp and guitar; 1898-1979), and Maybelle Addington…

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