Happy W.Va. Day — 161 Years!
As every eighth grader knows, West Virginia officially left Virginia on June 20, 1863, in the middle of the Civil War to become a separate state.
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Happy W.Va. Day — 161 Years!
As every eighth grader knows, West Virginia officially left Virginia on June 20, 1863, in the middle of the Civil War to become a separate state.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLISTEN: Drive-By Truckers Have The Mountain Stage Song Of The Week
On this week’s broadcast of Mountain Stage, we welcome southern rock royalty, the Drive-By Truckers, back to the show for their fifth appearance. On this encore episode, guest host Larry Groce also welcomes West Virginia country rocker and songwriter Charles Wesley Godwin, singer-songwriter Eilen Jewell, Afrofuturist folk artist Jake Blount with percussive dancer Nic Gareiss, and contemporary folk musician Tomberlin.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsVOX POP: Juneteenth
Wednesday was the federal holiday Juneteenth, which celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. Mountainstaters hit the streets to celebrate the nation’s, and the state’s, newest holiday. ...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe Power Of Old-Time Music And Drive-By Truckers Have Our Song Of The Week, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, people have always used music to do everything from soothe children to sleep to revving up the crowd for the big game, but it can do so much more. For Inside Appalachia, Folkways Reporter Liz Pahl learned about the healing power of old-time music when she visited a weekly jam session at the home of a couple in Athens, Ohio.
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The Rooted East Knoxville Collective Brings New Perspectives To Restorative Foodways Justice
Across the country, poor and largely Black neighborhoods were bulldozed and replaced with new highways and civic centers in the 20th century. That concept is known as urban renewal — and it tore communities apart. Now, one woman in Knoxville, Tennessee, is using food to try to heal generations of damage in a city neighborhood. Folkways Reporter Wendy Welch has more.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHigh Tech Ag Lab Coming To WVSU
A new $50 million, state-of-the-art agricultural laboratory is being built at West Virginia State University in Institute.
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