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An Our State Playlist: Mountain Music

Our curated Spotify playlist features a selection of Appalachian folk music and bluegrass — the perfect soundtrack for a drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway, from Sparta to Cherokee.

by Mark Kemp
Decades Series

The 1940s: The Soundtrack of the Decade

In the 1940s, traditional mountain music gives rise to bluegrass, jazz spreads nationwide, and three North Carolina natives make their mark on American music.

by Philip Gerard
Arts & Culture

High Country Music

The Johnson boys, father and sons, feed off each other to create a bluegrass escape in the mountains of Crossnore.

by Bill Thompson

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