Kurt Cobain and Dolly Parton couldn't have had more different musical styles, but they had one song in common. The legendary ...

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Bascom Lamar Lunsford was an Asheville-area lawyer and folklorist who preserved Appalachian music and helped create the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival.

Haywood County is home to a long tradition of Appalachian music. That heritage is being preserved in part through a program ...

With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, ...

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - JUNE 05: Brandon Lake performs onstage during SiriusXM The Highway's Music Row Happy Hour: CMA Fest ...

Appalachia, and the entire world, really, was shaken by the passing of Dolly Parton. Dolly — everyone called her Dolly — was ...

Combining folk and world music with a modern spin, Rising Appalachia has earned a reputation for earnest, exuberant songs ...

Experimental Sound Studio uses all 24 channels of the Pritzker Pavilion audio system. Plus: Further fests this week include ...

The Tallest Man on Earth opens up about new album 'Just Beyond Endless Mountain,' a record informed by his return to Sweden ...

With roots stretching back centuries and into Appalachia, numerous artists such as Johnny Cash have given their own spin to ...