START YOUR MORNING. WELCOME BACK HERE AT 930. STORIES OF RESILIENCE CONTINUE TO SHINE THROUGH AFTER HURRICANE HELENE. AND OUR NEXT LIVE GUEST WAS PARTICULARLY MOVED BY ITS IMPACTS AND DECIDED TO PUT ...

Luke Combs is now officially an alumnus of Appalachian State University, as the country singer returned to the Boone, North Carolina school on May 7 to received an honorary degree of music.

The Southern Appalachians are home to a range of distinctive practices in the areas of music, dance, crafting, and visual art. Our mission is to educate students about the history, techniques, and ...

Luke Combs receives honorary degree from Appalachian State North Carolina native Luke Combs received an honorary music degree from Appalachian State, which he attended before his country music career ...

SEVIER COUNTY, Tenn. — Music is a language that knows no barriers. It carries with it memories, culture and history. Southern Appalachian music has been telling the story of the people in East ...

“It’s not a Black music and it’s not a white music. It’s a music that was basically played together.” This observation is one of many kernels of wisdom offered up by fiddler Earl White, who is Black, ...

Country music’s origin story has been heavily influenced by a romanticized notion of authenticity. Today, celebrations of the genre’s origins tend to focus on one event: recording sessions in late ...

Appalachian entertainer/actor Randall Franks, famed for his role as "Officer Randy Goode" on TV’s "In the Heat of the Night," unveils his latest project, the music series "Appalachian Sounds." In the ...

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