KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A new Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) program is beginning on May 23rd for children ages 9 and older. Students can learn bluegrass music in a group with their teacher, and ...

The Providence musician released his first album of Black mountain music during America’s racial reckoning. Amid Trump’s DEI purge and environmental collapse, his Afrofuturist folk hits different.

SEVIER COUNTY, Tenn. — Music is a language that knows no barriers. It carries with it memories, culture and history. Southern Appalachian music has been telling the story of the people in East ...

Durham-based old time musician Joseph Decosimo is back with his third album, "Fiery Gizzard." It's a record that sees the master fiddle and banjo player working with some of his friends and peers from ...

The Mountain Music School at Mountain Empire Community College is dedicated to preserving the traditional sounds of Southwest Virginia by passing them down to younger generations. The week-long ...

A century ago, Asheville made history by releasing the first commercial recordings of Appalachian music. In 1925, a mobile ...

AT EXPLORE PARK The Roanoke Fiddle and Banjo Club Concert Series at Explore Park begins at 6 tonight. Free for club members and Explore Park members. $5 admission for nonmembers. The series will ...

Sep. 19—The Appalachian Heritage Festival celebrates the voices of Appalachian women on Sept. 24 with soul and blues artist Lady D, string band The State Birds led by award-winning fiddler Tessa ...

Growing up in inner city Atlanta, sisters Chloe Smith and Leah Song didn’t consider their upbringing particularly unusual. They were a working class family. Their mother was a day laborer for Delta ...

The music of Gate 10 Band and Friday Night Dance Band will be featured at New River Community College’s Fiddle, Banjo and Dance Club Jamboree on Saturday, March 12. Music will begin at 6 p.m. in 117 ...

There are lots of live music options in Henderson County this weekend, but for the biggest gathering of professional musicians playing a wide selection of music, consider the Hendersonville Symphony ...