Although largely forgotten, a little-known Tennessee school once powerfully influenced the U.S. Civil Rights movement and its ...

A number of outlets have published thoughtful and close analyses of the song’s lyrics and the songwriter’s skyrocket to fame. Jay Kaspian Kang at The New Yorker summarized it as “reactionary nostalgia ...

At first listen, the Wingdale Community Singers' latest album seems somber, reminiscent of both a folk band and an Appalachian music group. But listen again, and you catch the lyrics: "Lies with his ...

Folk magic goes by many names in the Appalachian Mountains: root work, granny magic, kitchen witchery, Braucherei, witchcraft Emma Cieslik Isolation is a part of life in the Appalachian Mountains, and ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – East Tennessee State University’s Martin Center for the Arts hosted the Mountain FOLK Appalachian Artists Market on Saturday. The market supported Appalachian artists and ...

Image courtesy Becca Evans, JMU College of Arts and Letters A James Madison University English professor who works in leadership at the Furious Flower Poetry Center has received a fellowship from an ...