Amythyst Kiah is a powerhouse folk singer. Her raspy but commanding voice is one you cannot miss when she strums her guitar or banjo. The series invites viewers into the perspective of everyday people ...

He had always wanted to play the banjo, so in 1979, Steve Clement bought a cheap banjo and began to learn. A College of William and Mary geology professor at the time, Clement soon began playing tunes ...

MerleFest has been a mainstay on the music circuit since 1988. People flock to the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina each year to celebrate the music of the Appalachian region, ...

SEVIER COUNTY, Tenn. — Music is a language that knows no barriers. It carries with it memories, culture and history. Southern Appalachian music has been telling the story of the people in East ...

The Earl Scruggs Center is celebrating the legacy of its namesake with a slate of special programming to accompany the exhibit currently on display at the museum. The exhibit, Born of the Broad River: ...

Clover-Lynn had been living out West doing the typical “trans woman in the tech industry” thing, when, on a visit home to rural Virginia for Thanksgiving in 2019, she stopped by her local music store ...

The Southern Appalachians are home to a range of distinctive practices in the areas of music, dance, crafting, and visual art. Our mission is to educate students about the history, techniques, and ...

Warren and Judy Waldron love performing traditional Appalachian folk music. The Oxford area couple is known throughout Butler County for their bands — Jericho Old Time Band, Rabbit Hash String Band ...

A little west of Bristol, Tennessee is little downtown Blountville, where you'll find the Anderson Town House, a log cabin built in 1795. That's where the Traditional Appalachian Music Heritage ...

The spirit of the season will come alive on Tuesday, Dec. 9, as Johnson County JAM presents “An Old-Fashioned, Appalachian ...

Students of the Cowan Creek Mountain Music School perform a recital at the Appalshop Solar Pavilion. (Photo: Rebecca Stern) In the halls of Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College during the ...

There are lots of live music options in Henderson County this weekend, but for the biggest gathering of professional musicians playing a wide selection of music, consider the Hendersonville Symphony ...