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Category: Appalachian music

mccrumb at dula grave
September 9, 2011 Appalachian crime / Appalachian music / North Carolina / Writers

A new telling of the tale of Tom Dooley

Excerpt from Sharyn McCrumb’s “The Ballad of Tom Dooley,” which tells the true story behind the celebrated folk song.

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roger cooper and apprentice, 2011
March 28, 2011 Appalachian music / Fiddlers/fiddling / Recording industry

Kentucky’s Roger Cooper: Big Sandy River and Beyond

Roger Cooper is a link to the past for what he calls Big Sandy River style fiddling. He says, “I’ve never heard anybody else call it that.”

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banjo and barbed wire
March 1, 2011 Appalachian music / Culture shifts / Tennessee

Music key to keeping essence of Appalachia

While it’s a little harder to find these days, I believe the age-old spirit of Appalachia still resides in pockets of East Tennessee.

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May 15, 2010 Appalachian music / Educators/teachers / Kentucky

Appalachian Sound Archives Fellowship 2010-2011

App State grad student Meredith Doster Edgerton researched the shape note singing tradition at two churches in Watauga County, NC.

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Man of Constant Sorrow_ My Life and Times by Dr. Ralph Stanley ebook cover
February 18, 2010 Appalachian music / Bluegrass / Virginia / Writers

A Visit with Dr. Ralph

The story is told as if you’re just sitting on the front porch, passing the time as Dr. Ralph reminisces; an original and authentic voice.

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    September 7, 2023
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