From Grandma’s reciepes to great hiking trails to scary stories to tell at the campfire, you’ll find it all right here as you explore mountain life.
Jared Rabin: An Americana and Folk Country Singer and Songwriter Jared Rabin, husband, dad, avid Cubs fan and Chicago native has been around music since he was a young child. His Grandfather was the first chair violinist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. There was...
April 24 through April 26, the Alabama State Council of the Arts will be hosting the sixth annual Lee County Gathering Old Time Music Festival, at Pioneer Park in Loachapoka, AL.
It’s springtime, and the flowers are in bloom all across Appalachia. It seems like everywhere you go in the mountains you see hikers out looking for wildflowers. Thanks to the crazy weather this year, they haven’t been as in bloom as they usually are, but the ones...
It’s Friday, and ol’ AJ’s knocking off a bit early to enjoy the weather and do a little pickin’. Mountain music is one of the finest, most popular traditions of Appalachia, and there’s so much good music stretching back over hundreds of years of Appalachian history...
Wabash Cannonball Last week we covered a classic rock and roll song that was covered in a bluegrass style. This week, we’re going to cover a classic bluegrass song that’s been covered by rock musicians, and even has its own place at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! The...
Wild Horses Wait, the Rolling Stones song? That’s right! This one is a bit outside the usual definition of “mountain music”, but I think you’ll agree that the version we’re talking about today fits right in with the Appalachian style; it’s also an important landmark...
Wayfaring Stranger Remember the long history of When the Roses Bloom Again? Well this week’s song has it beat... by well over 100 years! Wayfaring Stranger is a classic Appalachian tune dating back to at least the late 1700s. Like many songs from this era, its origins...
When the Roses Bloom Again When the Roses Bloom Again is a beautiful love story about a soldier who has to leave his lover to go off to battle. He promises her that he won’t be gone long, and that he’ll return to her “when the roses bloom again”. Unfortunately, he’s...
Turn Your Radio On To kick this column off right, let’s talk about a song that stretches all the way back to the late 30s, when families across America were struggling through the Great Depression and turned to the radio to forget their worries. For the first time,...
