We dive into the rich sounds of old-time music in Appalachia. We dive into the rich sounds of old-time music in Appalachia with a visit to the Floyd Country Store, a cherished hub for Virginia’s ...

Festival of World Music includes performances by two student groups whose music is rooted in uniquely American traditions.

What are we talking about? Old-time music, of course! The Appalachian Mountains are famous for spawning all kinds of old-fashioned music, from country to bluegrass to even early versions of jazz.

Earlier this year the Library of Congress added the recordings of Nimrod Workman to the National Recording Registry, which ...

OXFORD, Miss. – Ragtime and early jazz players from across the country will gather at the University of Mississippi when the ...

Steeped in the traditions of New England contra dance and Southern old-time music, Live Wire’s music makes the leap into contemporary roots music, embellished with notes from international traditions.

Rhiannon Giddens & the Old-Time Revue will play the kind of foot-stomping, hand-clapping, heart-lifting music that first brought her to prominence nearly two decades ago as a founding member of ...