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 ...

Registration is now underway for the Spring semester of Boone Junior Appalachian Musicians (Boone JAM), a traditional music ...

The Symphony Orchestra will present "Appalachian Spring," a chamber concert celebrating American soundscapes, at 4 p.m. Feb. 7 at Rose-Hulman's Hatfield Hall. The program will be anchored by Aaron ...

ROANOKE, Va. – Music has always been the heartbeat of Southwest Virginia, blending bluegrass and country blues to tell stories of Appalachia’s rich past and resilient future. When Tropical Storm ...

CLAY CITY, Ky. (lex 18) — The outside is misleading. An unassuming building off a gravel road in Clay City opens a door to a place seemingly untouched by time. It may as well be a second home to ...

There are cities and towns across the United States that specifically call to music lovers. Among them is Asheville, North Carolina, the ultimate destination for artists and travelers looking to ...

Appalachian String Band Music Festival held at Camp Washington Carver in Clifftop. The festival is a five-day mountaintop gathering of musicians and friends with contests, concerts, workshops, square ...

Next month, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts will launch its new Junior Appalachian Music program for students aged 11 to 17.

BRISTOL, Tenn. - The Appalachian Cultural Music Association unveiled a new exhibit to honor a music legend Monday afternoon. The Papa Joe Smiddy Exhibit is now part of the Mountain Music Museum.

Designed as a welcoming entry point into old-time and bluegrass traditions, the program will offer after-school group instruction in instruments common to the Appalachian region including fiddle, ...

Mountainthology is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and ...

The Appalachian Studies Center at the University of North Georgia is the only center for Appalachian studies and research in Georgia. We were founded in 2004 by Dr. Alice Sampson, a professor of ...