Song of the Mountains: Michael Martin Murphey

Song of the Mountains incorporates both traditional and contemporary performance styles in featuring old-time and bluegrass music from the region’s brightest stars. It showcases talented musicians, musical heritage, and culture of the Southern Appalachians.

Michael Martin Murphey is an American singer-songwriter. He was one of the founding artists of progressive country. A multiple Grammy nominee, Murphey has six gold albums, including “Cowboy Songs”, the first album of cowboy music to achieve gold status since Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs by Marty Robbins in 1959. He has recorded the hit singles “Wildfire“, “Carolina in the Pines“, “What’s Forever For“, “A Long Line of Love“, “What She Wants“, “Don’t Count the Rainy Days“, and “Maybe This Time“. Murphey is also the author of New Mexico‘s state ballad, “The Land of Enchantment”. Murphey has become a prominent musical voice for the Western horseman, rancher, and cowboy.^[4]