Barrel House Mamas
I came across these ladies after their concert in Floyd on both Doug’s Blue Ridge Muse and Colleen’s Loose Leaf Notes. Have a listen and then go check them out…
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Mountain Dreaming
I was cruising around the backyard yesterday after work, mowing with the Deere and thinking about how unlike a normal early June evening it felt. The temperature was hovering around the 90 degree mark and the heat index was even higher, so naturally my mind wandered up on the mountains…Daydream style as I went round and round. I see that
Keep readingEmail from the mountains…
I received this the other day and decided to just go ahead and post it in it’s entirety… Hey Gary, This is Daniel Massoglia, and I’m working on a congressional campaign in North Carolina’s fifth district, which includes those mountains that you dream about. There is a bluegrass event in Asheville that we’re trying to publicize, and I’d love to
Keep readingPodcast Appalachia: Podcast Appalachia: “Appalachian Music”
Another source of information for this months Bluegrass celibration… You’re listening to Podcast Appalachia. I’m John Norris Brown. Today’s episode is based on a suggestion I received from a listener known as the Vol Abroad, who maintains an interesting blog about her life in England at thevolabroad.blogspot.com. She requested an episode on Appalachian music, and the influence it has had
Keep readingThe Greencards
A group I fell in love with a couple of years ago…Have a listen. Go check out their web page…
Keep readingDoc Watson & Merle Watson
In honor of the month…have a play on me…
Keep readingHappy Birthday NC Mountain Dreams
It was two years ago today that I posted the first on this site. It’s been a long and a short two years…I can hardly wait to see what the next two will be like.
Keep readingHappy World Bluegrass Month
May is the World Bluegrass Month. Check out the Bluegrass Preservation Society and get your Bluegrass fix on a regular basis… BPS Radio Sun, 03 May 2008 9:30:00 -0500 Bluegrass Preservation Society Radio Show #180 Howdy friends and neighbors. Me and Buster have got a great show for you this week. We’ve got John Douglas and the West Virginia Travelers
Keep readingCharlotte Observer | 04/30/2008 | New, green gem by Blue Ridge Parkway
Charlotte Observer | 04/30/2008 | New, green gem by Blue Ridge Parkway VISITORS CENTER NEAR ASHEVILLE New, green gem by Blue Ridge Parkway RICHARD MASCHAL rmaschal@charlotteobserver.com VICKI DAMERON Blue Ridge Parkway Destination Center. ASHEVILLE — Drive the Blue Ridge Parkway and you see them from the road, the cabins, barns and sheds distinctive to southern Appalachian Mountains. Drawing on such
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