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Ketch Secor, the charismatic leader of Old Crow Medicine Show, dropped his new solo album, Story the Crow Told Me<\/em>, earlier this summer and celebrated it with a special concert at the Station Inn, Nashville\u2019s historic bluegrass outpost. During the show, Secor also announced his new role as host of Tennessee Crossroads<\/em>, a travelogue series airing on public television.<\/p>\n But Secor is fully aware that his series, and other educational television and radio productions, are in danger after President Trump signed a law<\/a> pulling back $1.1 billion in congressional funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps finance NPR and PBS.<\/p>\n More from Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Secor is undeterred.<\/p>\n \u201cIt does seem like a pretty strange time to go take a job in public broadcasting, but I always did things my own way anyway,\u201d he tells Rolling Stone<\/em> during this week\u2019s episode of the Nashville Now<\/em> podcast.<\/p>\n Secor recalls growing up in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and making his TV debut on PBS by answering phones as a sixth-grader during a telethon. Later, he became enamored of Ken Burns\u2019 Civil War<\/em> documentary and recognized the origins of popular names in his region.<\/p>\n \u201cEverything was named for a battlefield \u2014\u00a0the shopping malls, the subdivisions, all named for elements of the Confederacy,\u201d he says. \u201cSome of it is coming back again\u2026and some people are really happy about that. We\u2019re in a strange new paradigm.\u201d<\/p>\n Secor says his role on Tennessee Crossroads<\/em>, and as an ambassador of country music, is to foster unity and introduce viewers and listeners to new cultures, even those of a meat-and-three restaurant.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s by taking this camera and this microphone to a catfish joint in Paris, Tennessee, and saying, \u2018So, what\u2019s on the menu today, sir? How do you make your collard greens? Tell me what you put in the butter beans that makes it so special?\u2019\u201d he says.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd if you think that that\u2019s political, well, ok, sure. I think it\u2019s political deciding what three you want with your meat\u2026. To each his own,\u201d Secor continues. \u201cPBS is a vital part of television broadcasting. It\u2019s where kids learn their reading, writing, and arithmetic, and I want to make sure that the next generation of kids have that same opportunity\u2026 We can be right, left, or center, it don\u2019t even matter. This is an opportunity for us to expand our work.\u201d<\/p>\n Download and subscribe to\u00a0Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2019s weekly country-music podcast,\u00a0Nashville Now<\/em>, hosted by senior music editor Joseph Hudak, on\u00a0Apple Podcasts<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<\/a>Spotify<\/a>\u00a0(or wherever you get your podcasts). New episodes drop every Wednesday and feature interviews with artists and personalities like Charley Crockett, Gavin Adcock, Margo Price, Dusty Slay, Lukas Nelson, Ashley Monroe, and Clever.<\/p>\n Best of Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for RollingStone’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ketch Secor, the charismatic leader of Old Crow Medicine Show, dropped his new solo album, Story the Crow Told Me, earlier this summer and celebrated it with a special concert at the Station Inn, Nashville\u2019s historic bluegrass outpost. 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