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Category: Appalachian music

b&w lineart of henry reed fiddler
April 28, 2017 Appalachian music / Banjo / Coal mining / Fiddlers/fiddling / Virginia

The art and influence of fiddler Henry Reed

Henry Reed ‘s tunes are now in wide circulation among younger American fiddlers. Perhaps the most widely circulated is “Over the Waterfall.”

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Poster for movie Songcatcher
March 16, 2017 Appalachian music / Ballad singers / North Carolina / Songcatchers

I were tellin’ some mount’n stories

Jane Gentry — piano teacher, Appalachian folk-music historian, weaver — was an inspiration for the movie Songcatcher.

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Tom Dooley name with noose illustration
February 20, 2017 Appalachian crime / Appalachian music / North Carolina

Hang down your head Tom Dula

“Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley.” The most famous murder ballad in American folk music history. You know the Kingston Trio’s version.

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January 6, 2017 Appalachian music / Fiddlers/fiddling / Kentucky

The Singin’ Fiddler of Lost Hope Hollow, a persona

Jean Thomas ‘discovered’ him, became his agent, and rebranded him Jilson Setters, the Singin’ Fiddler of Lost Hope Hollow.

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b&w line art of christmas partying
December 26, 2016 Appalachian music / Christmas traditions / North Carolina

Breakin’ up Christmas

Breakin’ Up Christmas is the name for 12 days of partying, dancing, and music making ending up on January 6th, Old Christmas day.

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