Susan MarquezApr 1April 2024Bluegrass in the Blue RidgeOn Monday nights, the bluegrass jam is the place to go in Ferrum, Virginia. The sounds of old-time and bluegrass music fill the air at...
Susan MarquezApr 1April 2024Abington, Virginia: A Bluegrass BeaconLocated in Washington County, Virginia, just 133 miles southwest of Roanoke, the rural Appalachian Town of Abingdon shines like a beacon...
Brent DavisApr 1April 2024The Birthplace of Country Music MuseumMusicologists call it The Big Bang of Country Music. In 1927, Ralph Peer of the Victor Talking Machine Company visited Bristol, a town on...
Kara Martinez BachmanApr 1April 2024The Carter Family Fold: Nurturing the Legacy of Virginia's Country MusicAny big country music fan knows about the Carter Family, and any Virginian knows these musical pioneers were – and still are, at least in...
Susan MarquezApr 1April 2024June Tolliver Playhouse ...home of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine In 1881, Jerome Hill Duff arrived with his family in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. At the time, it was known as "Three Forks." The family...
Kara Martinez BachmanApr 1April 2024A Glimpse of Frontier Life: Virginia’s Crab Orchard MuseumVirginia is deep in history, and the Crab Orchard Museum – located in Tazewell, Virginia – does its part to keep the culture of that past...