Dock's technique, which Seeger considered "a style possessed by no other recorded player," was adapted to fit previously unaccompanied mountain ballads.

Their program includes a collection of traditional country classics and mountain ballads.

Old Joe Clark is a folk song, a mountain ballad that was "sung during World War I and later by soldiers from eastern Kentucky."

The mountain ballad, "Frankie Silvers", is the best known tune recorded by the Hot Shots in 1929.

The unaccompanied melody suggests a mountain ballad transferred to a tenement; there are no instruments to cushion the voice or distract from the story.

A bluegrass bounce carried songs by Grateful Dead; the narrative style of mountain ballads was harnessed to non-linear visions.

Although he learned the mountain ballads, he preferred Negro spirituals because they emphasized harmony and rhythm and had a "definite religious purpose."

Elisa had had the tall harp brought from the schoolroom and sang mountain ballads.

Time (The Revelator) received extensive critical praise, most of which focused on the evolution of lyrics from mountain ballads.

The film's score was written by David Mansfield, who also assembled a roster of female country music artists to perform mostly traditional mountain ballads.