If you ever doubt Appalachia’s influence, just look at Che Apalache. Based in Buenos Aires, this four-man string band calls themselves Latingrass—a fusion of bluegrass and Latin American musical styles. With tight…
Lisa Elmaleh traded her Brooklyn apartment in 2012 for a wood cabin with no running water — but a “quite lovely” outhouse — on the outskirts of Paw Paw, West…
For fourteen years, Ben Bramley has been on the run from his hometown of Abundance, North Carolina. A self-imposed exile has taken him from Duke University’s stone-walled campus to a secluded mountaintop outside Boone,…
Spring begins today at 5:58 P.M. eastern time. We say goodbye to the season of snow and frost with a winter poem. * Jacks River in Winter By Casey LeFrance So many…
I’m sure that for the unsuspecting outsider the sight of my 110-lb granny climbing a West Virginia hillside with a burlap sack tied around her shoulder would have proven to…
Word about the art exhibit spread across the campus of Mary Baldwin University almost as soon as the show opened at the Staunton, Va., school. It was Nov. 5, just…
Author Mesha Maren wants to give you a snake spine. It’s one of many gifts and prizes she’s offering anyone who pre-orders her forthcoming Appalachian novel Sugar Run. Here’s how Mesha explains it:…
Pawpaws aren’t just for eating. A while back, my friend Kat, an officer in the U.S. Air Force and aspiring mixologist, decided to try drinking North America’s largest native fruit.…
Musical legends Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard are revered as pioneering women in bluegrass. Their partnership directly inspired Naomi Judd, Emmylou Harris, Tim O’Brien, and even Bob Dylan. But in Baltimore…
I woke up last Friday to find a poem in my inbox. It came from Casey LaFrance, who was raised in North Georgia and now teaches in Illinois. On a recent…