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Appalachian old-time music is a confluence of many cultural traditions, including those of Africans and African Americans, Native Americans, and the Scots-Irish. Yet the contributions of Black and Indigenous musicians have often been denied and overlooked. In Floyd County, Virginia one man is working to amplify the participation of Black musicians in old-time music.
The Mountain Fever studio and its family of labels keeps steaming on. The Floyd County companyâs Americana/folk label, Travianna Records, signed Summer & Bray and has released the duoâs cover of Mr. Misterâs âKyrie.â Siblings Summer (vocals) and Brayden McMahon (banjo, vocals) were part of the Sylva, North Carolina band Mountain Faith, which was a Mountain Fever Records band and a semifinalist on âAmericaâs Got Talent.â But the act rebranded and joined Mountain Feverâs sister label. The âKyrieâ cover is their follow-up to an original num...