September 2012

Group picture.

King Wilkie’s Reid Burgess

Ted and I were in school up in Ohio and when we graduated we wanted to get out of there, and I had this idea of going down South. There was a couple of others with us then, and we wanted to sort of get to play together every day and learn from other
Group picture.

King Wilkie’s Reid Burgess

Her parents were Irish immigrants, and she finds that the music of teh Appalachian mountains echoes that heritage.

Fiddle Champion Eileen Ivers

She learned to play from an Irish fiddler in the back of a New York City bar. Since then, her career has led her to gigs with everyone from the London Symphony to the Chieftains.
At the soundboard.

Larry Groce

Testing, one two, you got me, this is Larry Groce, host of Mountain Stage, director of FestivALL…
Young animals can be needy, sometimes needing as much care and specialized attention as a human baby.

Livestock in My Living Room

Winter can be hard on newborn farm stock. And despite painstaking care from owners, some survive, and some don’t.

Departments

Behind Blue Ridge Country

Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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