Singing Songs You Don’t Know – Way Back in the Hills
Photo by Ron Priest I’m sharing another peek into our recent show at the Historic Union County Courthouse for today’s…
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Roy Pipes Has a New Book!
Blind Pig reader Roy Pipes has a new book “Gone Like a Candle in the Wind.” The book tells the…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 126
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Christmas Kraut
The other day we were down at Granny’s and I heard her tell The Deer Hunter “Come out on the…
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2019 Mountain Dance and Folk Festival
Bascom Lamar Lunsford – Photo from Library of Congress Bio for Bascom Lamar Lunsford from the Blue Ridge Music Trails…
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Christmas in July – The Korean War
“Christmas in July reminds me of a July around 1953 when I was in high school. The Korean war was…
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Early Applesauce
“Mother seldom canned or dried June apples. The winter had been long and we yearned for fresh fruit. She fried…
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Steel Rails and Stealing Songs
Photo by Ron Priest The girls have been doing Louisa Branscomb’s song “Steel Rails” for about ten years. They learned…
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Riddle 14
I’m sharing a riddle from Blind Pig Reader Kenneth Roper. “What has 2 hookers 2 lookers, four stiff-standers, and a…
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Shumake and Sumac
Red Shoe-make (Sumac) Last Saturday’s “Overheard” post left a few of you scratching your heads. Sumac, which I’ve always heard…
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Evening Thunderstorms
Thunderstorms are part and parcel of summer in Western North Carolina. The storms bubble up from over in Tennessee and…
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Oatmeal Fairy visits The Pressley Girls
The Pressley Girls have been working hard to pursue their musical dreams over the last several months. They’re becoming well…
