Appalachian music

A Rural Singing Tradition Takes Shape And How Climate Change Affects Weather, This West Virginia Morning

An age old tradition of using shapes instead of notes helps untrained singers harmonize. And as the fall season kicks off, a look at weather extremes -- and if climate change is playing a role.

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An Effort To Block Guard’s Deployment And Appalachia’s Hardcore Music Scene, This West Virginia Morning

A lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union attempts to stop the deployment of West Virginia's National Guard to the nation's capitol and a podcast shines a light on some lesser-known sounds of Appalachia.

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Screening For Black Lung And The State Fair Kicks Off, This West Virginia Week

Top news stories in West Virginia this week include the return of a mobile clinic to screen miners for a fatal disease, the cost of energy in the Mountain State and the 100th anniversary of the West Virginia State Fair.

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Appalachian String Band Music Festival Bridges Generations

The Appalachian String Band Festival is an annual celebration at Fayette County’s historic Camp Washington-Carver. The camp serves as West Virginia’s mountain cultural arts center and a fitting backdrop for the five-day festival. Randy Yohe takes us to the crowning event of the string band fest, where old-time mountain music bridges generations into a worldwide fiddle and banjo community.

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