The Blue Ridge Music Center, in partnership with the North Carolina Arts Foundation, Rivermont Records and music historians Tony Russell and Ted Olson, is honored to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the August 1925 OKeh Record Company recording sessions held on the rooftop of the George Vanderbilt Hotel in downtown Asheville by announcing the release of 鈥淢usic from the Land of the Sky.鈥
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The Jeff Little Trio will perform on Saturday, July 26, on the Blue Ridge Music Center鈥檚 amphitheater stage as part of the 鈥淒eep Roots, Many Voices鈥 summer concert series. Dori Freeman will kick off the show at 7 p.m.
Flag Pond native Lincoln Hensley recently performed with the band for the Nolichucky Opry, a summer music series sponsored by the Erwin Kiwanis and held Fridays at the Gathering Place in downtown Erwin.
The Charlie Maples Band will bring its blend of R&B, soul and Appalachian roots to the Jackson Theatre in Jonesborough on July 1, featuring a special collaboration with 89-year-old swing banjoist Mal Cooper.
The region鈥檚 rising bluegrass musicians showed off their skills Saturday at the 鈥楶ickin鈥 in the School-Yard鈥 fundraiser held at University School.
The 7th Annual Upper East Tennessee Fiddler鈥檚 Convention returns April 25 and 26 to Flag Pond, celebrating the region鈥檚 rich old-time music heritage with contests, workshops and community gatherings. With top-tier instructors, nearly $8,200 in prize money and a focus on preserving traditional Appalachian tunes, the event brings musicians and spectators together in the heart of the mountains.
The seventh annual Upper East Tennessee Fiddlers Convention returns to Flag Pond in April.聽
The Blue Ridge Music Center will present two concerts in its fall series celebrating folk and old-time music icons Willard Gayheart and Alice Gerrard in October in the indoor theater.
In May 1925 the Town of Mountain City hosted the first Fiddler鈥檚 Convention, a musical gathering that was the first fiddle contest of its kind at that time.
After two years in the making, an ETSU professor is seeing the results of his project that recognizes what Appalachia has contributed to the hip-hop genre.