Old Crow Medicine Show talks collaborating with the Cash family

All year long, you’ve heard people talking about the United State’s 250th anniversary.

It’s a celebration, but it’s a celebration happening against a backdrop of a country that can feel extremely divided. One that’s going through a lot of unrest.

Old Crow Medicine Show @crowmedicine have been all over this country playing music through the years, and they share their perspective on it with their new album Union Made, which they made with the 250th in mind.

On this episode of World Cafe, Frontman Ketch Secor and bassist Morgan Jahnig talk about what they’ve seen in their travels, their own relationship to America and the role folk music plays in it all. Plus, Old Crow Medicine Show perform live.

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