Bil Lepp

Storytellers, Inside Appalachia

This week, we’re revisiting a show featuring storytellers out loud in front of audiences. Folks like five-time champion of the West Virginia Liars’ Contest, Bil Lepp. Also, musicians Anna & Elizabeth, whose storytelling used something known as a crankie. And, we’ll head to the International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough, Tennessee.

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A Story From Liars Contest Winner Bil Lepp, This West Virginia Morning

This week’s Inside Appalachia features storytellers from around the region, including author, television host and five-time West Virginia Liars Contest winner Bil Lepp. Here he is back in 2019, telling a story during a Mountain Stage performance at the West Virginia Culture Center.

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Listen: Tyler Childers Has The Mountain Stage Song of the Week

Our Song of the Week comes from Kentucky's renowned country artist Tyler Childers.

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Pot Plane Crash Became Stuff Of Legend

A little after midnight on June 6, 1979, a Douglas DC 6 cargo plane crashed in Charleston, West Virginia while attempting to land at the old Kanawha…

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