Daniel Byers's independent horror film Dark Hollow, inspired by Appalachian history and filmed in West Virginia, is being ...

The sights and sounds of traditional Appalachian arts will take center stage at the Valle Country Fair on Saturday, October ...

For music lovers worldwide, the biggest dose of West Virginia culture comes in the form of the weekly public radio show ...

Western Carolina University's Mountain Heritage Days promotes the traditions of Appalachia through indigenous perceptions of ...

A Morehead State University student is shining a light on the lives and experiences of Appalachian coal miners and their ...

Generations ago, deep in the southern Appalachian Mountains, parent and child sat knee to knee, passing down stories of love and loss, murder and violence, heartbreak and betrayal, community and ...

When outdoor festival season rolls around, one question inevitably comes up: How many fair goodies shall we allow ourselves to consume? At the Valle Country Fair, there’s ...

The weathered faces of older mountain folks deeply moved photographer Doris Ulmann. Her portraits captured the genuineness of ...

It’s fall festival season in Kentucky, a time when each of our 120 counties has its time to shine, and small town streets are lined with tents, crafts, local food, and music. Each place has its own ...

Explore the traditions of Appalachian music with the people keeping the sounds alive. Music runs deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains. We explore the traditions of bluegrass, old-time and folk music ...

Ron Rash is a leading voice in Southern Appalachian literature, a success he owes in part to lessons learned from earlier ...

During a recent visit to the "Star City of the South," I stayed in a fire station-turned-boutique hotel and dined on small ...