Every year I look forward to seeing the cool cars that Marty Stevens puts out to announce the Poppy Mountain Bluegrass Festival.
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Poppy Mountain Bluegrass Festival happens the 3rd week of September and 2012 will be the 20th year!
Appalachia Rich Land Poor People 1968
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BYpJVTdeAU The land is rich with coal, yet its residents are denied adequate food, housing, or medical care. This, the Appalachian region, was the nation's first designated poverty ...
Dr. Ralph Stanley’s Funeral
Dr. Ralph Stanley's Funeral courtesy of WYMT Television WYMT Mountain News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dXshh7yiqs
Down In The Willow Garden (With Lyrics)
Down in the Willow Garden - History & Variations Down in the Willow Garden is an old traditional Appalachian "Killin' song". Many folks know it as, Rose Connelly. Down in the Willow Garden tells the story of...
Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender – The Brown Girl
Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender - The Brown Girl This song has been around for hundreds of years. It was known to be in print before 1750 and probably came to us from England or Scotland. Even at that time the song cou...
Morehead Old Time Music Festival
The Morehead Old Time Music Festival takes place during the last weekend of July at the Jaycee Farm in Morehead, Kentucky. The festival was started by Brett Ratliff in 2005 as the Morehead Old Time Fiddler's Conven...
Morehead Old Time Music Festival 2015 Photo Gallery
Photo gallery from the 10th Annual Morehead Old Time Music Festival in Morehead, Kentucky. July 24 - 25, 2015
The Rail Splitters ~ Red Barn Radio Feb 11
The Rail Splitters are an old time string band with deep roots in the musical traditions of Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky. Adrian Powell, a native of Crimora, VA, has won contests at fiddler's conventions all...
Ohio County Feud Over The Use Of Bill Monroe’s Name Nearing End
Last week, the Kentucky Supreme Court denied a motion by the Ohio County Industrial Foundation and Ohio Fiscal Court to review the January ruling by the Kentucky Court of Appeals that said the Jerusalem Ridge Bluegras...
Tony Pence & Big Ugly On Poppy Mountain In 2013
Tony Pence has put together The Big Ugly Bluegrass Band for Wednesday evening (September 18) up on Poppy Mountain. This year Tony Pence & Big Ugly will include: Tony Pence Jesse Wells Kyle Burnett ...
Homer Ledford Concert Series Presented by the Leeds Center for the Arts
Great news for Central Kentucky! The historic Leeds Theater in Winchester will be home to the HOMER LEDFORD CONCERT SERIES The series will feature Kentucky area bluegrass bands on Friday evenings at 7:00 pm beg...
The 12th Annual Cowan Creek Mountain Music School
A magic week of Kentucky music, in the mountains of east Kentucky. 12th Annual Cowan Creek Mountain Music School June 24-28, 2013 Courses in banjo, fiddle, beginning and lead guitar, mandolin, mountain dulcimer, ha...
Years Of Farming Bluegrass Show Flemingsburg Kentucky Changing Locations
Because of the renovation of the Simons Middle School, the remaining Years of Farming Bluegrass Shows on Sunday, April 7, April 21 and May 5 will be held at the Double S Entertainment (Bowling Alley) at 150 Foster Str...
