Explore the traditions of Appalachian music with the people keeping the sounds alive. Music runs deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains. We explore the traditions of bluegrass, old-time and folk music ...

Writer-director Dale Farmer grew up as the oldest of 11 grandchildren, listening to tales from his storyteller grandfather, about his life in the mountains of Kentucky and how playing old-time ...

Back in the day, the newgrass folks of the 1970s branched off from the traditional bluegrass scene to create their own sound, ...

AVERY COUNTY, N.C.—If there is such a thing as the classic Appalachian success story, the rise in popularity of the outside-the-box band Cigarettes at Sunset would be that story. But nothing comes ...

The Blue Ridge Music Center's outdoor amphitheater will be the venue for Steep Canyon Rangers in concert this weekend as part of the Fiddle & Fork Festival. During the daytime at the Center near Galax ...

Appalachian entertainer/actor Randall Franks, famed for his role as "Officer Randy Goode" on TV’s "In the Heat of the Night," unveils his latest project, the music series "Appalachian Sounds." In the ...

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 ...

But nothing comes easy in Appalachia. The five-member band, which includes Garrett Dellinger, Ryland Bagbey, Sarah Vann, Wells Whitman and Ethan Moore, was born in the winter of 2022, practicing their ...

AVERY COUNTY, North Carolina -- If there is such a thing as the classic Appalachian success story, the rise in popularity of the outside-the-box band Cigarettes @ Sunset would be that story. But ...

AVERY COUNTY, North Carolina -- If there is such a thing as the classic Appalachian success story, the rise in popularity of the outside-the-box band Cigarettes @ Sunset would be that story. But ...