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NC PBS stations premiere new season of David Holt's State of Music 

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EMERGING STARS AND RENOWNED MASTERS FEATURED IN SEASON 4 OF DAVID HOLT’S STATE OF MUSIC PREMIERING TODAY ON NORTH CAROLINA PBS STATIONS

Nov. 6, 2019 – Four-time Grammy winner David Holt presents outstanding masters of American folk and bluegrass music in the new season of David Holt’s State of Music premiering today on the North Carolina Channel of UNC-TV (North Carolina Public Television).

Season 4 showcases the innovative powerhouse Della Mae; blues legend Taj Mahal; award-winning bluegrass duo Darin and Brooke Aldridge with New Grass Revival’s John Cowan; rising stars Presley Barker, Cane Mill Road band, and the Burnett Sisters with Willow Dillon Keasler; and Josh Goforth and Zeb Holt playing with host David in a look back at David’s 50-year career in folk music.

The first of Season 4’s six episodes airs today on the North Carolina Channel of UNC-TV (North Carolina Public Television) and features Della Mae at the historic Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, Tenn.

Specific times and air dates for other upcoming episodes in North Carolina and nationwide can be found on local station schedules and at DavidHoltTV.org by clicking the “Find TV Listings” button there and entering zip codes.

The series also can be streamed anytime on iTunes, Amazon Prime, or, for PBS Passport members, at PBS.org.

Filmed entirely on location in North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and South Carolina, David Holt's State of Music premiered on North Carolina Public Television (UNC-TV) in 2015 and is now carried in nearly 90 percent of PBS markets in the United States. Nashville Public Television (NPT) is the presenting PBS station for Season 4 of David Holt’s State of Music.

Several of the show’s Season 4 performers were honored at this year’s International Bluegrass Music Awards (IBMA). Brook Aldridge was named Female Vocalist of the Year for the third year in a row. Cane Mill Road won the Momentum Award for Band of

the Year, and its banjo player, Tray Wellington, was named Momentum Instrumentalist of the Year.

Series host David Holt is a musician and storyteller who toured for 14 years with the late Doc Watson.

“David Holt’s State of Music gives me the chance to introduce phenomenal up-and- coming young acoustic musicians to a nationwide audience as well as feature established icons and old friends in the music,” Holt said. “It is great fun to interview these folks and hear their stories and masterful musicianship. The traditional music of this region is a treasure we’re privileged to share. Whether it’s bluegrass, gospel, a string band or the blues, the artists we feature are performing at the very highest level. Some are young; some are older but deserve greater recognition than they have received before. We help raise awareness of these artists by presenting them to the PBS audience nationwide.”

The series previously featured Rhiannon Giddens, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Molly Tuttle, Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton, April Verch, Joe Newberry, Wayne Henderson, the Kruger Brothers, Dom Flemons, Amythyst Kiah, Jeff Little, Alice Gerrard, Rayna Gellert, Laurelyn Dossett, the St. John AME Zion Unity Choir, Josh Goforth, the Branchettes, Bryan Sutton, Mipso, Balsam Range and the Steep Canyon Rangers.

The series is a production of the Will & Deni McIntyre Foundation. Major funding for Season 4 was provided by the Rhea Bigelow Charitable Trust, The Community Foundation of Henderson County and its Perry N. Rudnick Endowment, the NC Arts Council and Come Hear NC, Blue Ridge Music Trails of NC, Cheri and Ron Allari, the J. Lyles Glenn Family Fund, A Bar A Ranch, Carlyle Adams Foundation, Fritz and Renee McPhail, Ben and Laurie Duke, the Chatham Foundation, Myrna Harris, Charlie and Lois Brummitt, Lee and Margaret French, and Rich and Jenny Schwartz. A complete list of underwriters is available at PBS.org.

The Will & Deni McIntyre Foundation is a 501(c)(3), charitable nonprofit established in 2009 to raise the profile of the arts and educational organizations through the creation of videos, books and photography for websites and related media. It is the prime fundraising entity for David Holt's State of Music.

To help celebrate and preserve the traditional and modern musical heritage of Appalachia, please consider supporting the production of David Holt’s State of Music by making a tax-deductible contribution to the Will & Deni McIntyre Foundation at WillandDeni.org.

More about David Holt

David Holt previously hosted the UNC-TV/PBS series Folkways that took viewers through the Southern mountains visiting traditional craftsmen and musicians. He also served as host of The Nashville Network’s Fire on the Mountain, Celebration Express,

and American Music Shop. He was a frequent guest on Hee Haw, Nashville Now, and The Grand Ole Opry. David was cast as a musician in the popular Coen Brothers film O Brother Where Art Thou. He has hosted Riverwalk Jazz for Public Radio International and Great Scenic Railway Journeys on public television. In 2002, David Holt and Doc Watson won two Grammy Awards for Best Traditional Folk Recording for Legacy, a three-CD collection of songs and stories reflecting Doc Watson’s life in music. Doc and David toured together from 1998 until Doc’s death in 2012. More information can be found at DavidHolt.com.

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