Latest Appalachian music Podcast Episodes
The Crooked Rd. with Tyler Hughes
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - March 26, 2024 04:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTyler Hughes is an East Tennessee State University bluegrass graduate, the Executive Director for The Crooked Rd. and he also serves on Big Stone Gaps Town Council. Learn more about the Crooked Rd. at https://thecrookedroadva.com/ This episode of Appalachian Vibes is brought to you by Galax...
Girls Rock Roanoke
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - February 29, 2024 22:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGirls Rock Roanoke is part of a national and world wide movement to educate and empower girls and gender expansive youth through music, creativity and collaboration. Girls Rock Roanoke is a music camp movement that began in 2001 with the establishment of the Rock 'n Roll Camp for girls in Port...
Tim Seeley
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - February 16, 2024 19:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTim Seely is a roots-based singer-songwriter from New York. He spent many years in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia as an educator and he currently builds handmade ships and performs in Maine. We discuss his musical family in early child-hood, his religious evolution and songs from his la...
Melissa McKinney and McKinney
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - January 19, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMelissa McKinney, the electrifying blues force from Asheville and frontwoman of Mama & the Ruckus, steals the spotlight in this must-listen Spotify episode! Joining her is McKinney, Melissa’s daughter and a soul-pop sensation whose harmonies trace back to Sesame Street. Get ready to uncover the ...
Mama & The Ruckus and McKinney
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - January 16, 2024 03:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMama & the Ruckus with Melissa McKinney is one Asheville's blues powerhouse voices alongside her daughter McKinney, a soul pop artist who has been harmonizing with her mother since her Sesame Street days. This episode highlights the special bond between mother and daughter and Melissa's song "Th...
Jamie Collins Mini
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - December 31, 2023 21:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsJamie Collins is a singer-songwriter and teacher hailing from Bristol, Tennessee now residing in Hillsville, Virginia. She possesses a unique talent for engaging with audiences and students alike. The profound connection she has with listeners is rooted in her dedication to preserving and shari...
Jamie Collins
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - December 29, 2023 17:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsJamie Collins is a Bristol, Tennessee old time and bluegrass singer-songwriter and teacher with a special gift of connecting to audiences (and her students) through her passion for passing down the traditional Appalachian music that was passed down to her. We discuss her family sound, the imp...
The Biscuit Eaters
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - December 19, 2023 10:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe Biscuit Eaters are a 7 piece, Bluegrass and Old Time family string band from Surry County, NC with their youngest member playing fiddle and singing at 5 years old. Meredith is a home schooling mother of six kids and their bass player, and father, Jason is a pastor. I got the chance to inte...
Courtney Brown-Dinosaur Choir (full interview)
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - December 18, 2023 02:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsCourtney Brown is an Assistant Professor at Southern Methodist University for the Center for Creative Computation, a Fulbright scholarship winner, coder and musician who designs instruments and composes using a very unique medium, a dinosaur’s head. The featured composition in todays episode...
Courtney Brown-Dinosaur Choir
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - December 05, 2023 02:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMy guest is Courtney Brown, she’s an Assistant Professor at Southern Methodist University in the Center for Creative Computation, a Fulbright scholarship winner, coder and musician who designs instruments and composes using a very unique medium, a dinosaur’s head. The featured composition i...
Cameron Ragsdale mini
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - November 09, 2023 03:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsCameron Ragsdale is a multi instrumentalist, composer, upright bassist, guitar player and singer-songwriter from Bristol Tennessee. We discuss his time at NYU studying composition and his song ‘This Lonliness’ inspired by a dream he had about Hank Williams. You can learn more about Cam at ht...
Cameron Ragsdale
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - November 09, 2023 03:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsCameron Ragsdale is a multi instrumentalist, composer, upright bassist, guitar player and singer-songwriter from Bristol, Tennessee. We discuss his time at NYU studying composition and his song ‘This Loneliness’ inspired by a dream he had about Hank Williams. You can learn more about Cam Rag...
Logan Michael and The LBO mini
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - October 23, 2023 15:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsLogan Michael was a guitar player, producer and singer-songwriter, a father, son, a friend and an incredibly loving guy. I speak with the mother of his child, Moriah McCowan, who has turned this loss into The Lion Blues, a recording space in Roanoke, VA that serves the community through recor...
Geoffrey Wood Mini
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - October 23, 2023 15:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMy guest this week is the Atlanta based roots singer-songwriter Geoffrey Wood with his first solo album release titled, Thank You. We discuss the track, "Memphis Makes Me Sad", which is a look back at a past relationship that Geoff feels ended in part because he denied his then girlfriend an e...
Logan Michael and The LBO
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - October 02, 2023 16:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis weeks episode is in honor of a very talented friend of mine that passed unexpectedly last year. Logan Michael was a guitar player, producer and singer-songwriter, a father, son, a friend and an incredibly loving guy. I speak with the mother of his child, Moriah McCowan and her business pa...
Jared Boyd
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - September 29, 2023 02:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMy guest this week is Jared Boyd, a banjo player and an artist in residence for The crooked Road, his band, The Twin Creeks Stringband, won this years Galax Fiddlers Convention in the Old Time Band category. You can learn more about the Twin Creeks Stringband at https://www.facebook.com/Twincr...
Jared Boyd Mini
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - September 29, 2023 02:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMy guest this week is Jared Boyd, a banjo player and an artist in residence for The Crooked Road, his band, The Twin Creeks Stringband, won this years Galax Fiddlers Convention in the Old Time Band category! You can learn more about the Twin Creeks Stringband at https://www.facebook.com/Twincr...
Sol Roots
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - September 05, 2023 23:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis past weekend on Appalachian Vibes Radio Show my guest was Sol Roots, the DC based funky, blues and roots inspired singer-songwriter. Sol grew up working with his father, and a close family friend Tim Duffy, who created a non profit called Music Maker Foundation. They travel around recordi...
87th Old Time Fiddlers Convention, Galax, VA
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - August 14, 2023 01:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsLast week was the 87th annual Old Time Fiddlers Convention in Galax, VA. I joined 80,000 folks from around the world to experience my first Galax, the nick name for the festival for long time convention goers. Players from around the world compete on the historic Felts Park stage for different...
Issac Hadden
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - August 10, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIssac Hadden is a jazz influenced, funky, fusion guitarist and singer-songwriter based out of Asheville, NC. We discuss his debut album, The Glue, now available on all streaming platforms. Learn more about the Issac Hadden Organ Trio anywhere you stream music or on all social media platforms❤...
Linda Skeens (Author of Blue Ribbon Kitchen) & Still Frisky (Folk Quartet)
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - August 08, 2023 12:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMy first guest this week is Linda Skeens, winner of 32 blue ribbons at the 2022 Virginia Kentucky district fair now turned author after her story went viral on social media. Linda’s story went viral when a dj from Dallas, Texas made a Tik Tok in an attempt to find the woman who had dominated ...
Banjo Rob Slusser mini
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - August 01, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis week on Appalachian Vibes Radio Show my guest is Rob Slusser, a banjo driven bluegrass singer-songwriter from Clifton Forge, Virginia. We discuss his debut album, Drifting and his single, "My Last Love Letter"; you can learn more about Rob's album on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/al...
Rob Slusser Bluegrass Banjo singer-songwriter
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - July 28, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsRob Slusser is a banjo driven singer-songwriter from Clifton Forge, Virginia. We discuss what it’s like growing up in a small town with a father as a mortician, sin, second chances and the zen of being a musician. Learn more about Rob Slusser and his album Drifting on Spotify: https://open.spo...
Joseph Bocchi-Surrealism Author
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - July 07, 2023 14:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsI have a special guest this week, he’s a surrealism author, a long time college English professor, a technical writer and he happens to be my Dad. Joseph Bocchi reads his latest short story titled Wild Dogs inspired from his experience growing up in upstate New York. Appalachian Vibes Radio Sh...
Mark Brine
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - July 03, 2023 10:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis week my guest is Mark Brine, an Americana folk and blues singer-songwriter creating art that is "pure and rootsy, and brimming with emotion harkening back to Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family." We discuss the evolution of country music and the underbelly of Nashville on this hour of App...
Chestnut Creek School of the Arts mini
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - July 03, 2023 01:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsChris Pollins is a sculptor, teacher, and director of Chestnut Creek School of the Arts, a community school located in Galax, VA with a "mission is to preserve and promote the cultural heritage of southwest Virginia by offering classes and events year-round for all ages and skill levels in tradi...
Mitch Greenhill mini
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - June 23, 2023 01:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMitch Greenhill is a musician, composer, author, FLiArtists record label owner and producer of the recently released Doc Watson 100th anniversary album featuring artists like Dolly Parton and Rosanne Cash. 'I am a Pilgrim' is the title of Doc Watson's 100th anniversary tribute album released b...
Gabriel Morales
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - June 23, 2023 01:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsGabriel Morales is a multi talented Venezuelan American composer, guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer hailing from the mountains of Roanoke, VA. We discuss how he got his start singing, performing and composing music within his hometown of Roanoke, VA through a unique community program ca...
Mitch Greenhill
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - May 26, 2023 16:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMitch Greenhill is a musician, composer, record producer, author and President of the music agency FLiArtists. Mitch Greenhill recalls his childhood growing up with his father, Manny Greenhill, a music promoter in in the Cambridge, Massachusetts area. Mitch watched his father work with the like...
Erik Vincent Huey
Appalachian Vibes Radio Show - May 19, 2023 02:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMy guest this week is Erik Vincent Huey, a West Virginia, Americana singer-songwriter with generations of coal miners in his family. His latest album is called Appalacahin Gothic, it explores into the complexity of Appalachias union past and her ever changing future. You can learn more about E...
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