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Appalachia

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Reader: This younger generation should not be permitted to have a child!

    .Creeped out by last week's TIME cover story about attachment parenting, Jef Otte penned an essay for the Village Voice about how much attachment parenting sucks and posted it to his wall. As it happened, local comic and 2012 Westword MasterMind Andrew Orvedahl had penned his own essay on how much n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    R.I.P. Earl Scruggs, 6/26/24 - 3/28/12

    Redefining an instrument and creating a new genre are rare musical feats, creative accomplishments that come once in a generation, at best. The death of Earl Eugene Scruggs on Wednesday at the age of 88 marked the passing of such an innovator, an American artist who built a brand new sound out of fo ... More >>

  • Film

    March 22, 2012

    The Hunger Games movie doesn't invest in the deeper terror of the book

    Redefining an instrument and creating a new genre are rare musical feats, creative accomplishments that come once in a generation, at best. The death of Earl Eugene Scruggs on Wednesday at the age of 88 marked the passing of such an innovator, an American artist who built a brand new sound out of fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Dancer Michelle Ellsworth wins a $50,000 USA Fellowship prize

    ​The sixth annual round of the USA Fellowship grants -- fifty awards of $50,000 each -- were announced last night in Los Angeles, and exactly one went to a Colorado artist: Michelle Ellsworth of Boulder, for her work in the field of dance. Ellsworth has an MFA in dance from the University of ... More >>

  • Music

    September 22, 2011

    Driftwood Fire

    How to Untangle a Heartache
    Self-released

  • Music

    October 28, 2010

    Hot Rize was bluegrass before bluegrass was cool

    How to Untangle a Heartache
    Self-released

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2008

    Out of Africa

    How to Untangle a Heartache
    Self-released

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2008

    Shiloh Benson Tillemann-Dick’s Veep Sheet

    How to Untangle a Heartache
    Self-released

  • Music

    April 19, 2007

    Uncle Earl

    These g'Earls know how to get the Led out.

  • Music

    December 29, 2005

    A Pack of Mutts

    The Lone Wolves of 2005

  • Calendar

    May 12, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    The Lone Wolves of 2005

  • Culture

    April 14, 2005

    Taking Their Lumps

    Fire on the Mountain evokes the musical soul of Appalachian miners.

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Fire on the Mountain evokes the musical soul of Appalachian miners.

  • Film

    December 9, 2004

    Green Achers

    Undertow pulls in the pain and beauty of a reclusive Southern family.

  • Music

    October 14, 2004

    South Bound

    With Dixie in their zip code and rebellion in their blood, Drive By Truckers prove the rock will rise again.

  • Music

    November 20, 2003

    Jolie Holland

    Catalpa Anti-

  • News

    June 12, 2003

    Critical Condition

    Denver Health nurses are ready to unionize to save their profession.

  • Music

    April 24, 2003

    Prince of Darkness

    Having moved away from Palace, Will Oldham breaks down as Bonnie Prince Billy.

  • Music

    September 19, 2002

    Tony Furtado

    American Gypsy (What Are Records)

  • Music

    August 2, 2001

    The Circle Is Unbroken

    O Brother's success revealed Norman Blake's genius to a wide audience. Bluegrass fans have seen it all along.

  • Film

    June 28, 2001

    The Blue Bluegrass of Home

    In Songcatcher, the music of Appalachia comes alive.

  • Music

    April 12, 2001

    Momus

    Folktronic (Le Grand Magistery)

  • Music

    November 30, 2000

    The Pickin's Good

    Italy's New Country Kitchen serves up a tasty helping of authentic American-style bluegrass.

  • Culture

    August 31, 2000

    Coal Miner's Fodder

    Part Two of The Kentucky Cycle brings the saga full circle.

  • Music

    February 3, 2000

    Trischka's Treat

    The banjo champion makes music that's finger-pickin' good.

  • Music

    October 14, 1999

    Fraternal Rush

    The Kalamath Brothers' progeny is a dark country concoction.

  • News

    October 8, 1998

    Buddha Behind Bars

    For these federal prisoners, their last chants finally gave them inner peace.

  • Film

    July 23, 1998

    A Killer of a Tale

    For these federal prisoners, their last chants finally gave them inner peace.

  • Calendar

    January 29, 1998

    Calendar

    Jan. 29 - Feb. 4, 1998

  • Music

    June 5, 1997

    Fiddling About

    The Fiddlin' Foresters are at home on the range.

  • News

    March 13, 1997

    The Big Fix

    To break the bank in Black Hawk, you don't have to be a gambler--just a homeowner.

  • Music

    December 26, 1996

    The Prize Patrol

    The biggest musical winners from 1996.

  • Calendar

    October 31, 1996

    Thrills for the week

    The biggest musical winners from 1996.

  • Culture

    May 16, 1996

    Hills-a-Poppin'

    The biggest musical winners from 1996.

  • Music

    January 31, 1996

    THE MAGNIFICENT FIVE

    PETE WERNICK'S LIVE FIVE PLAYS BLUEGRASS A NEW WAY.

  • News

    November 8, 1995

    KING SHOULD BE CROWNED

    PETE WERNICK'S LIVE FIVE PLAYS BLUEGRASS A NEW WAY.

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