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On this week's premiere broadcast of Mountain Stage, host Kathy Mattea welcomes Margo Price, Tommy Prine, John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band (J2B2), and Jake Blount.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA giant troll made of scraps and trash has been commissioned by Huntington-area economic developers as a way to increase tourism.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMiddle Tennessee’s Dickson County is known for being the filming location for Ernest Goes to Camp, which grossed upwards of $20 million in the late 1980s. For the Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, WPLN’s Jewly Hight looked into the area’s earlier lore about mysterious creatures of the night.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week, ballads tell stories about all kinds of real-life events, but after Hurricane Helene, one group of ballad singers felt some topics were still too raw. Also, the author of a book on ancient Ohio credits a former grad student with introducing him to the region’s mysterious earthworks. And, the legacy of Affrilachian poet Norman Jordan includes a summer camp for teens to study their heritage.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAs the festival quickly approaches its 50th anniversary in three years, organizers want to get into contact with the bridge’s surviving builders.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSouth Charleston has been recognized as an American World War II Heritage City, the National Park Service announced Friday.
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