South Georgia folklife has been featured in various public radio programs which have used audio gathered by the South Georgia Folklife Project. The South Georgia Folklife Collection now houses the original audio and radio archives. The programs require the free Real Player. http://www.real.com/

1. Wiregrass Ways is a 13-part series produced by WWET 91.7 FM in Valdosta and aired on Georgia Public Radio in 1998.  This project was supported in part by an award from the Georgia Council for the Arts through the Appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly. The Council is a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.  

Fiddle Traditions Sacred Harp Singing School Making Cane Syrup Gospel Anniversaries Palmetto Brooms Fiestas Guadalupanas Sacred Harp Singing Tobacco Auctions Mt. Zion Music Hall Turpentining Mayhaw Jelly Hollering
Hymn Lining

2. Sounds of South Georgia is a 12-part series produced by Laurie Kay Sommers and aired on Georgia Public Radio in 2005 and 2006. It focuses on the traditions of diverse cultural groups living in South Georgia.  This project was supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Creek Traditions with Bobby Johns Chesser Homestead Open House Big Meeting at Rome Primitive Baptist Church Migration Stories Lebanese Easter Russian Jewish Seder McIntosh County Shouters Freedom Songs with Rutha and Emory Harris Fiddlin' Bud Zorn Las Posadas Diwali Ham and Egg Show

3. “Hoboken-Style” Sacred Harp singing in southeast Georgia has been the focus of several additional public radio programs:  Four 2-minute radio programs featuring interviews with David I. Lee, fifth generation Sacred Harp singer from Hoboken, Georgia, and music recorded at monthly sings by Laurie Kay Sommers, produced for the Pulse of the Planet series  (http://www.pulseplanet.com/) and originally aired in November, 2000.  The program is also available on Pulse of the Planet website in the Archive section.

Shapenote Singing Intro Shapenote Singing David Lee Shapenote Singing Hoboken Shapenote Singing Meaning Hoboken-Style Sacred Harp

Originally produced by William B. Dudley for the Florida Humanities Council, recorded at a memorial sing for Silas Lee held at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival in White Springs, FL, aired June 2000.