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    • Ed & Ella Haley
    • Eddie Jimenez and Ruben Jimenez
    • Fairfield Four
    • Felipe Pérez
    • Fiddling Tom Freeman
    • Gospel in Middle Tennessee - Various Artists
    • Hamper McBee
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    • Howdy Forrester & John Hartford
    • Jim Wood Rural Felicity: Fiddle Tunes from 18th and 19th Century North America
    • Joe Keene
    • John Work III
    • Lorenzo Martinez and Ramon “Rabbit” Sanchez
    • Mississippi John Hurt
    • Risey Scruggs
    • Roy Book Binder and Fats Kaplin
    • Roy Harper
    • Sam and Kirk McGee
    • Uncle Dave Macon
    • Uncle Shuffelo
    • Walter Greer
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    • Bill Lowery
    • England Brothers
    • Flattops and Fiddles
    • Frazier Moss
    • Gillian Brothers
    • Indian Creek Delta Boys
    • J.T. Perkins
    • Ken Smelser
    • The Morgans
    • North Folk Rounders
    • Omer Forster
    • Perry County Music Makers
    • Robert and Claudene Nobley
    • Sharon Winters-Bounds
    • Vernon Solomon
    • Wally Bryson
    • Wally Bryson & the Blaylock Brothers
    • W.L. Gregory & Clyde Davenport
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    • HOME
    • SPRING FED ARTISTS
      • Austin Derryberry & Trenton "Tater" Caruthers
      • Belen Escobedo
      • Bill Steber Archive
      • Billy Womack
      • Bruce Nemerov
      • Ed & Ella Haley
      • Eddie Jimenez and Ruben Jimenez
      • Fairfield Four
      • Felipe Pérez
      • Fiddling Tom Freeman
      • Gospel in Middle Tennessee - Various Artists
      • Hamper McBee
      • Howdy Forrester
      • Howdy Forrester & John Hartford
      • Jim Wood Rural Felicity: Fiddle Tunes from 18th and 19th Century North America
      • Joe Keene
      • John Work III
      • Lorenzo Martinez and Ramon “Rabbit” Sanchez
      • Mississippi John Hurt
      • Risey Scruggs
      • Roy Book Binder and Fats Kaplin
      • Roy Harper
      • Sam and Kirk McGee
      • Uncle Dave Macon
      • Uncle Shuffelo
      • Walter Greer
    • DAVIS UNLIMITED
      • Bill Lowery
      • England Brothers
      • Flattops and Fiddles
      • Frazier Moss
      • Gillian Brothers
      • Indian Creek Delta Boys
      • J.T. Perkins
      • Ken Smelser
      • The Morgans
      • North Folk Rounders
      • Omer Forster
      • Perry County Music Makers
      • Robert and Claudene Nobley
      • Sharon Winters-Bounds
      • Vernon Solomon
      • Wally Bryson
      • Wally Bryson & the Blaylock Brothers
      • W.L. Gregory & Clyde Davenport
    • ABOUT US

    Greg Reish, Director 
    Ctr for Popular Music
    Greg Reish is a musician, musicologist, producer, and Director of MTSU’s Center for Popular Music. He is an active bluegrass and old-time scholar and performer with interests also in conjunto music from South Texas and son jarocho from Veracruz, Mexico.


     

    Martin Fisher, Curator Recorded Media 
    Martin Fisher has served as the Curator of Recorded Media since 2005. From an early age, Martin developed a love for records and recording. Previous to working at the CPM he gained experience in audio while working at several radio stations. As the audio engineer for SFR and the CPM, Martin ensures all archival works are represented in their best fidelity while holding true to the original integrity of the performances.

    Paul Burch, Manager, Spring Fed Records
    A native of Washington D.C., Paul Burch has been a Nashville resident for over 30 years working as an artist, producer, and composer. Paul can be heard on numerous albums with his band, the WPA Ballclub as well as recordings with Lambchop, Ralph Stanley, and Candi Staton. His novel based the life of Jimmie Rodgers will be published in 2025 through New South Books.

    CONTACT:

    Spring Fed Records
    Center for Popular Music
    Middle Tennessee State University Box 411
    301 E. Main Street Murfreesboro, TN 37132
    spring.fed@mtsu.edu
    phone: (615) 494-7635
    fax:     (615) 898-5829

     

    Spring Fed Records is part of the Center for Popular Music at Middle Tennessee State University. Established in 1985 as a state-sponsored Center for Excellence, the CPM is one of the world's oldest and largest research centers devoted to the study of American folk and popular music.  For more information visit the website or contact us at:

    Center for Popular Music
    Bragg Media & Entertainment Bldg. Room 140
    MTSU Box 41
    1301 E. Main Street
    Middle Tennessee State University
    Murfreesboro, TN 37132
    popular.music@mtsu.edu
    615-898-2449

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