Almost Heaven is Found up the Holler
Caption: A photo from George’s childhood, showing Peter and George fishing. D&E Student Blog: This blog post was written by […]
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Folk Culture
There are a Wild Boar in These Woods
Cover Photo: “A particularly savage wild boar (Sus scrofa) fighting with another over the females behind. Engraving” (Wikimedia Commons 2024)
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Join our Jolly Wassail! – December 7th, 6pm at The Kump House
Cover Photo: “Hedingham Fair’s first Wassail design; ‘Joy come to our Jolly Wassail’, 1997 (Cater 2013:4). As we begin planning
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Tunes on the Tracks: My Time at the October Old-Time Retreat
Last weekend my senses were flooded by the sound of fiddles, the sight of flatfooting, and the exhilaration of square
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The Rise of the Banjo: Part Two of the West Virginia Instrument Anthology
Cover Photo: Horace Weston standing with banjo from 1884 or earlier (Horace Weston 2024). Welcome back to the West Virginia
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Apple Butter Amateur
Cover Photo: ‘Making Apple Butter the Old Fashioned Way, Webster Co., WV’, 1964 Photograph (WV History OnView 2024). With fall
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African Origins of the Banjo: Part One of the West Virginia Instrument Anthology
Cover Photo: “Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Banjo Lesson, 1893, oil on canvas, 49×35 1/2 inches. Hampton University Museum, Hampton, Virginia”
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PattyFest 2024: Honoring Patty Looman & the music she loved
COVER PHOTO: Hammered dulcimer from Patty Looman’s collection. Photograph by Gerry Milnes. During an interview with Jeff Fedan, one of
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Patty Looman: “Playing it by Hear”
As PattyFest 2024 in Fairmont approaches, we take a look at Patty Looman’s influence on old-time music and the folks
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Winter Mumming Traditions: Belsnickels
Everyone knows about Santa, but have you heard of belsnickels? The winter solstice has long been a time for festivities
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