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Appalachian Heritage
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Virginia Band Bridges Mexico and Appalachia through Mexilachian Music
With Spanglish lyrics, the pluck of a banjo and strum of a guitarra de son, music by Charlottsville’s Lua Project is hard…
November 23, 2021
Slavalachia: The New Music Tradition Uniting Across an Ocean, a Pandemic and a Revolution
Belarusian musician and activist Siarhei Douhushau was in Chicago in March of 2019 on a U.S. tour presenting…
April 20, 2021
Preserving The Homemade Music Of W.Va.’s Hollows
Old-time music is a large part of West Virginia’s heritage – it is the folk music of the…
February 26, 2020
Weirton’s Serbian Heritage Is A Chicken Blast
Every summer Wednesday since 1969, members of the Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church Men’s Club have gathered at the…
January 29, 2020