Voices from the Archive: Johnny Russaw
05/19/25 • 19 min
Voices from the Archive is a monthly segment of StoryTown Radio. It shares stories from people living here, just how they told them. You might think of it like a news report that tells you about all sorts of things. From ghost stories to apple butter, you could learn just about anything from the people living here in East Tennessee. Listen in as they tell the stories of their lives here in Appalachia.
StoryTown Radio is a production of the McKinney Center's Story Initiative. Grounded in the belief that stories connect people to each other, the Story Initiative sets out to collect, archive, and share the stories from the region. Broadcast from Jonesborough, Tennessee, the Storytelling Capital of the World, StoryTown Radio is one way these stories are shared with people, nearby and all around.
Instagram: @storytownjbo
Facebook: StoryTown Radio Show
Storytellers: Johnny Russaw
Story Collector: Paul Braxton
Producer & Narrator: Nori Shaw
Editors: Nori Shaw
Music:
Music by audionautix.com
Titles: Rocky Top (trad.)
Sponsors:
Tennessee Arts Commission (https://tnartscommission.org/)
McLeod Organics
Trivia with Budds
The Wild Women of Jonesborough
Gary and Sandee Degner
Terry and Sandy Countermine
Wolfe Development
McKinney Center (mckinneycenter.com)
Voices from the Archive is a monthly segment of StoryTown Radio. It shares stories from people living here, just how they told them. You might think of it like a news report that tells you about all sorts of things. From ghost stories to apple butter, you could learn just about anything from the people living here in East Tennessee. Listen in as they tell the stories of their lives here in Appalachia.
StoryTown Radio is a production of the McKinney Center's Story Initiative. Grounded in the belief that stories connect people to each other, the Story Initiative sets out to collect, archive, and share the stories from the region. Broadcast from Jonesborough, Tennessee, the Storytelling Capital of the World, StoryTown Radio is one way these stories are shared with people, nearby and all around.
Instagram: @storytownjbo
Facebook: StoryTown Radio Show
Storytellers: Johnny Russaw
Story Collector: Paul Braxton
Producer & Narrator: Nori Shaw
Editors: Nori Shaw
Music:
Music by audionautix.com
Titles: Rocky Top (trad.)
Sponsors:
Tennessee Arts Commission (https://tnartscommission.org/)
McLeod Organics
Trivia with Budds
The Wild Women of Jonesborough
Gary and Sandee Degner
Terry and Sandy Countermine
Wolfe Development
McKinney Center (mckinneycenter.com)
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StoryTown Radio is a production of the McKinney Center's Story Initiative. Grounded in the belief that stories connect people to each other, the Story Initiative sets out to collect, archive, and share the stories from the region. Broadcast from Jonesborough, Tennessee, the Storytelling Capital of the World, StoryTown Radio is one way these stories are shared with people, nearby and all around.
StoryTown is sponsored by: The Tennessee Arts Commission, Gary and Sandee Degner, Terry and Sandy Countermine, McLeod Organics, Trivia with Budds, The Wild Women of Jonesborough, Wolfe Development, and Allandale Mansion.
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SPONSORED BY:
Tennessee Arts Commission
Wild Women of Jonesborough
Gary and Sandee Degner
Trivia With Budds
Terry and Sandy Countermine
McLeod Organics
Wolfe Development
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