Tyler Childers’ Appalachia: How the Country Singer Challenges our ...
Dec 30, 2024 · The first time I heard Tyler Childers’ voice I was riding in the passenger seat of a 15-year-old car late at night through the back roads of West Virginia. It was 2019, and I was …
100 Days in Appalachia | Appalachia Matters
From the Editor: “We’ve Seen The Future, It Looks Like Young Appalachia.” I’ve been thinking about our efforts since 2016 to collectively rewrite a different future, one where Appalachia, …
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Dec 30, 2024 · Front Porch Politics: An Alabama Democrat’s Roadmap for Defeating Trumpism in Appalachia By Skylar Baker-Jordan / April 2, 2024 You may not have felt it, but last week, …
Commentary: A Key to Solving Appalachia’s Mental Health Crisis ...
Nov 9, 2021 · When I entered adulthood and moved out of the house to attend college more than three hours away in Louisville, I made a commitment to myself that I would prioritize my …
Hillbilly Horror: Reckoning With a Genre 15 Years After ‘Wrong Turn’
May 21, 2018 · American horror has historically been unkind to Appalachia. While “hillbilly” narratives bring in the big bucks, the blurring line between fantasy and reality has done no …
‘Hey, Bub’: A West Virginian Reflects on the Sage Songwriting of …
Apr 6, 2020 · “Hey, Bub. It’s Bill Withers.” Those were the words that greeted me the first time I spoke with the songwriter behind “Lean on Me,” “Just the Two of Us,” “Lovely Day” and …
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Embracing Melungeon Roots and Culture in ‘Beyond the Sunset’
Feb 10, 2020 · The Melungeon people of east Tennessee were isolated and discriminated against throughout much of their history. They began to be “othered” in the 1800s for being mixed-race …
Researchers Uncover History of Former W.Va. Coal Community
Jun 17, 2019 · West Virginia University researchers recently completed a year-long project exploring the history of a coal community in Monongalia County, using photos and oral history …
Meet the West Virginian Who Wrote the Christmas Classic 'Frosty …
Dec 23, 2019 · This article was originally published by West Virginia Public Broadcasting in December 2014.. The man behind the lyrics of Frosty the Snowman, Peter Cottontail, and …