Appalachian Mountain Dreams

Email 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

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Podcast 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

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Happy 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

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Charlotte 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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Happy New Year

Ever since I rolled my daily posting over to Coffee Muses I have felt like I was neglecting this site. Believe me it’s not because the dream isn’t still prominent in my mind. As a matter of fact, I am hoping to make the dream of living in the mountains a reality in just a few short years. We haven’t

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