Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: Appalachian music

Cab Calloway plays Cumberland

Some of America’s most famous entertainers of the 1930s, because they were African-Americans, were barred from staying in Cumberland’s hotels.

Johnny Cash called the 1927 Bristol Sessions “the Big Bang of country music.” It’s a great sound bite, but wildly oversimplifies the truth.

The August 1927 Bristol Sessions are commonly acknowledged as the event that gave rise to the professional country musician/recording star.

Eleanor Steber commissioned & brought to life a 16-minute song that luxuriates in the calm of an earlier, contented, rocking-chair America.

West Virginian Dr. Patrick W. Gainer dedicated the balance of his life to a personal crusade to revitalize the region’s folk traditions.

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