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Rhonda Vincent: Back to Bluegrass

Dr. Ebenezer Childs, Lysander’s father, came south in 1850.

Childsville, North Carolina: Lost, Found, Lost Forever

If you visit the beautiful Toe River Valley today to look for Childsville, you won’t find it. The town was located in what became Avery County 100 years ago. But the town is not in Avery County. The town is gone.
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Sam Bush, Mandolin Legend

The Grammy-winning mandolin player was one of the founding members of New Grass Revival in the early 1970s.
At age 16, Bill Blizzard was a mining veteran, having been underground with his father since age 10. By 19 he would be a UMWA local leader.

Bill Blizzard, Blair Mountain & Justice for Miners

Maybe it’s no wonder that Bill Blizzard led the largest insurrection on American soil since the Civil War, and the largest labor uprising ever.
Rob Bullington of the Hackensaw boys

Rob Bullington of the Hackensaw Boys

The Hackensaw Boys are a high-energy young bluegrass group that formed almost haphazardly in Charlottesville, Va. Blue Ridge Country interviewed Rob Bullington, one of the group's original members.
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Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

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

April 12, 2018

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