Martha Spencer is a singer-songwriter, mountain musician and dancer from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. She grew up in the musical Spencer family and from a very young age has been dancing (flatfoot/clogging), singing, and playing guitar, fiddle, banjo, bass, dulcimer, and mandolin. Over two-days in July 2019, Never Met A Stranger conducted an intimate recording session with Martha at a farmhouse in Grassy Creek, North Carolina. Of this session, Martha writes: "These recordings are dedicated to a lot of strong women I was influenced by growing up in my family and community around Whitetop Mountain, VA. Many of the songs are ones I remember hearing my mom sing and play on the banjo. My cousins Audrey Hash Ham and Ola Belle Reed, Granny Della Reedy (Albert Hash's mom), and the Carter Family all inspired me to learn different songs that we've recorded for this album. Wayne Henderson, Doc Watson and Larry Sigmon all ring out through my heart and mind too in some of the picking."

Tracklist:

As the Sparrow Goes
Granny Reedy's Song
Crazy Heart
Intoxicated Rat
Over Yonder in the Graveyard
Late Last Night
Wind and Rain
Somewhere Listening
Soldier and the Lady
Poison to Me
Sinful to Flirt
Banks of Old Tennessee
Things in Life
You've Been a Friend to Me
Roll on Liza Jane

UPC: 877746004704
Label: Never Met A Stranger
Release Date: 6.16.23
Format: CD

Martha Spencer - Field Recordings From Grassy Creek (Digipak)