US country music pioneers are to be celebrated in a new box set

MAINSTREAM specialist label JSP Records have released a box set exploring the early country gospel origins of American folk music. Featured on the four CD album 'Mountain Gospel' are Ward Mainer, Byron Parker, Coon Creek Girls, Carolina Ramblers, Dixie Reelers and the legendary fathers of Southern gospel the Vaughan Quartet. JSP have previously gained critical acclaim for their box sets of the Carter Family. CR

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