http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2011/03/music-key-to-keeping-essence-of-appalachia.html Stories, quotes and anecdotes. Sun, 19 May 2013 20:12:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2011/03/music-key-to-keeping-essence-of-appalachia.html#comment-1246834 barbara Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:44:56 +0000 http://www.appalachianhistory.net/?p=5532#comment-1246834 Irish and Scots traditional music make up the core of appalachia, brian. The mtns in the southern highlands resemble the scots highlands and attracted celtic peoples for that, and other reasons. The communities remained isolated as mtn towns often do. The music brought over from Ireland & Scotland (along with the pipes & the Dulcimer) gained a distictive flavor in Appalachia, mostly noteably vocal style (see AP Carter & Maybelle)- often sung w/out instrumentation as oral tradition in the home. So there is a reason why some of the ballads sound familiar in aspect or lyric if you’ve been to Ireland. The celts are the root of the music of Appalachia. Nice article Eric.

]]> http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2011/03/music-key-to-keeping-essence-of-appalachia.html#comment-508561 Brian@irelandfavorites Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:56:26 +0000 http://www.appalachianhistory.net/?p=5532#comment-508561 I’ve been a fan of irish trad for years and have heard some of the most amazing music in the smallest towns of Ireland.I always had an interest in genuine folk music. The Nashville show sounds like a great take, my question is -can an outsider go to the source of the music? I’d like to go to some of the out of the way places and listen at the source. Can it be done?
thank you,
Brian

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