AVERY COUNTY, North Carolina — If there is such a thing as the classic Appalachian success story, the rise in popularity of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Appalachia is a complex, diverse region that is more than worthy of celebration, but it doesn't always get the respect it deserves ...

“But more than that,” Leah says, “they tell a story together, and that story weaves the listener into the sonic tapestries of the roots of Rising Appalachia.” And the tapestries are rich, drenched in ...

Hope In The Hills’ sixth annual Healing Appalachia festival will make its inaugural move along Kentucky’s Country Music Highway this year, taking place Sept. 19-20, on a mountaintop near the Boyd ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Old-time music is rooted in Appalachia, and an upcoming event series celebrates women's contributions to the tradition. The ...

A new book and companion CD follow the immigration and music of Scots-Irish who came to Appalachia in the 18th and 19th centuries. This Music Has No Borders: Scots-Irish Music In Appalachia The Scots ...

Growing up in inner city Atlanta, sisters Chloe Smith and Leah Song didn’t consider their upbringing particularly unusual. They were a working class family. Their mother was a day laborer for Delta ...

“The banjar arrived here–it was called the banjar and other things–in 1740 in Maryland and Virginia, and later in North Carolina,” says Dr. Cece Conway, a folklorist, author, film maker and professor ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — An upcoming concert at the Oconaluftee Visitor Center will celebrate the African American Experiences in the Smokies project. Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials ...

Appalachia is a complex, diverse region that is more than worthy of celebration, but it doesn't always get the respect it deserves. "I just appreciate someone trying to tell the story in a way that is ...