Discography Steve and Ruth Smith

"The soul of mountain music and the gentle grace of mountain air."—Ohio Magazine

What makes a good life? Reflecting on the people and events that influence our lives, this instrumental and vocal CD portrays the qualities of living A Good Life. This collection of acoustic Americana easy-listening music from the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina is compiled of many original songs and instrumentals by Steve and Ruth, and features hammered dulcimer, guitar, and flute.

Steve and Ruth's long-anticipated CD, He Leadeth Me, is an all instrumental compilation of time honored hymns and songs of faith, played in gentle, worshipful arrangements featuring hammered dulcimer and guitar.

In Steve and Ruth’s CD, Heirlooms, the music is reminiscent of the old homeplace where family, love, faith, and sense of place are the foundations of heritage and traditions. Included are 10 of their original songs plus four others that folks at their concerts have been asking them to record. Features hammered dulcimer, old-time banjo, guitar, Appalachian mountain dulcimer, fiddle, flute, and percussion in both vocal songs and instrumental tunes.

The peaceful beauty of an Appalachian winter is captured here with gentle, instrumental music, in a special collection of songs for the Christmas season. Features hammered dulcimer and guitar, along with flute, pennywhistle, Celtic harp and percussion.

Dancin' Cross the Strings is a unique instrumental blend of Celtic Americana music featuring hammered dulcimer and guitar, along with flute, pennywhistle, fiddle, clawhammer banjo, shuttle bagpipes, and bodhran.

Steve and Ruth's still popular first CD, An Appalachian Aire, is a peaceful blend of instrumental Celtic, Classical and Appalachian Music, featuring hammered dulcimer and guitar, along with flute, pennywhistle, bodhran and bowed Appalachian dulcimer.

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