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Kermit Hunter
As popular entertainment and as tourist attractions, outdoor dramas became key to the economic vitality of many communities in the Smoky Mountains region, drawing thousands of visitors each summer and providing a training ground for young actors. Read more
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Turning the Page
On May 7 last year, the Steep Canyon Rangers took the stage in front of an audience of thousands gathered at Pack Square Park in the heart of Asheville, North Carolina, for the group’s “Free For All” concert. Read more
Photo courtesy of IVPR
Keep movin’ on down the line
The charm and allure of bluegrass music resides in its seamless ability to have one foot in the sacred, traditional “high, lonesome sound” and the other in whatever progressive endeavors its musicians find themselves in—by chance or on purpose. Read more
Dec 1, 2022
On the trail for crafts
The Blue Ridge is a region rich in craft traditions and brimming with distinctive artists and galleries. The Blue Ridge Craft Trails cover 25 Western North Carolina counties, providing a digital map to 310 studios, galleries and arts organizations. Read more
Nov 12, 2022
Toe River Arts Adventure
Art and adventure go hand in hand. Once you set your GPS to Yancey and Mitchell counties in North Carolina for the Toe River Art’s Annual Fall Studio Tour November 11-13, you’ll completely understand. Read more
Oct 1, 2022
Kerry Webb photo
American pastoral
With its recently released sophomore album, “American Pastoral,” rising Haywood County, North Carolina, Americana/indie-rock act The Brothers Gillespie has cultivated a vast, vibrant landscape of sonic and lyrical textures. Read more
Oct 1, 2022
Jay Sansone photo
Love is a mean old world
The beauty of the blues is that it’s a style of music you grow up alongside, one where you may pick it up early on and, perhaps, easily, but it’ll take a lifetime to journey down the rabbit hole of its intricate nature. Read more
Aug 1, 2022
Stephan Pruitt photo
RAD is State of the Art
Asheville locals are the first to admit their town is a smidge offbeat. After all, it is one of few places where yogis get zen with goats and breweries serve gummy worm-infused ales. Read more
Jun 1, 2022
Jeff Smith Photography
Man On A Mission
On his way from performing at a Sunday church service in Highlands, North Carolina, to an afternoon gig at Ole Smoky Distillery in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Darren Nicholson pulled over somewhere outside of Cherokee, North Carolina. Read more
Jun 1, 2022
David McClister photo
Show Me Somethin’ I Can’t Sell
Hailing from the rural panhandle of West Virginia, singer-songwriter John R. Miller is one of the most fascinating and captivating artists in recent memory. Read more
Apr 1, 2022
