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Henderson County (Jul 29, 2023) - Junior Appalachian Musicians will join masters of old-time music for a concert and fundraiser at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9, at Oklawaha Brewing Co., 147 First Ave E.
Appalshop is a nonprofit in Letcher County that has been creating art documenting the Appalachian community for more than 50 years.
The downturn of coal in Harlan County, Kentucky has led to an exodus of Black residents in search of work. This week on Inside Appalachia, we speak with William Turner, whose new book looks at growing up in a vibrant Black community during Harlan’s boom years.
Share this: Michael Stamper, a.k.a. Nick Stump, performs in Lexington, Kentucky. (Photo via Nick Stump Band Facebook page) In 1987 the Metropolitan Blues All Stars were headliners for an Appalachian cultural gala in Chicago. It was a celebration of Appalshop that featured Roadside Theater, Fiddle King of the South Marion Sumner, renowned banjo player Lee Sexton, and screenings of Appalshop films. Met Blues was fronted by three guys who’d led their own bands earlier. (Hence All Stars.) Two of them, Rodney Hatfield and Mike Stamper, grew up in different East Kentucky coal towns and both cam...
Special to The Union With the pandemic scuttling the actual tour, John McCutcheon will do a virtual live performance online 4 p.m. this Saturday night aimed to support his west coast show presenters and nonprofit partners, including Strings Concerts and KVMR 89.5 FM locally. Photo by John McNicholas Folksinger, storyteller and multi-instrumentalist John McCutcheon is once again doing his fabled "Left Coast Tour" of California, only this time everyone gets to be in the front row. Photo by Irene Young Folksinger, storyteller and multi-instrumentalist John McCutcheon is once again doing his fabl...