Blue Ridge Community College’s Appalachian Folk Instrument class will present two free concerts in November, featuring ...

Kurt Cobain and Dolly Parton couldn’t have had more different musical styles, but they had one song in common. The legendary artists both recorded live performances of an old Appalachian folk song, ...

A taste of Appalachian folk music is coming to the Fleece Inn in Bretforton later this month. The next Fleecey Folk takes place on Tuesday, April 28 at 8pm. Ruth Eliza is a clawhammer banjo player and ...

On August 8th, the unmistakably unknown singer Oliver Anthony uploaded his original song “Rich Men North of Richmond” to YouTube, and as of Tuesday, the song sits atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The ...

Daniel Bachman is an acclaimed musician, known for his unique blend of Appalachian-inspired folk music and meditative drones. But, for his latest album, titled Almanac Behind, he wanted to try ...

SANTA CRUZ — With its spare accompaniment, intricate instrumentation and often haunting vocals, there is an appeal to Appalachian folk music that transcends geography and generations. The genre dates ...

The Ironton Council for the Arts opens its 2026-27 performance series with the dynamic, up-tempo sounds of Appalatin, an ...

The sights and sounds of traditional Appalachian arts will take center stage at the Valle Country Fair on Saturday, October ...

As a folk musician, Mon Rovîa has never been much of a planner. He didn’t plan on pursuing music as a career; he never imagined going on tour, nor does he map out the lyrics in his music that’s going ...

From Bob Dylan to Beyonce, every song on Rising Appalachia’s new covers EP, Folk and Anchor, was carefully selected for the album not just because they were some of bandmate sisters Leah Song and ...

Each a virtuoso in their own right, longtime friends and Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn team up for a tradition-blending debut album of folk music. Chinese Folk Music Meets Appalachian Tradition On 'Wu ...