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From Greenbrier Valley to global fame, the defiant jazz legacy of Ada "Bricktop" Smith

Arts David Sibray - July 24, 2025

ALDERSON, W.Va. — Perhaps few people could have predicted that one of the most electrifying figures of the Jazz...

Tyler Childers performs old song by rebel West Virginia fiddler "Devil Sol"

Arts William Kerrigan - June 5, 2025

CLAY, W.Va. — In 2020, Kentucky fiddler Tyler Childers released his fourth studio album, Long Violent History, a collection...

Northern West Virginia ghost linked to Country music's "Big Bad John"

Lore and Legend David Sibray - July 12, 2024

GRANT TOWN, W.Va. — If you've had the opportunity to descend into a West Virginia coal mine, you might...

Which are the top 10 arts communities in West Virginia?

Arts David Sibray - December 27, 2023

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — What makes for a good arts community? Good arts communities are those in which affordable housing,...

Beckley arts festival reveals extraordinary line-up Sept. 20-25

Arts David Sibray - September 16, 2021

Beckley's second annual "BEX" arts festival, set for Sept. 20-25, will feature twelve extraordinary workshops and performances designed to...

Culturefest 2018 music and arts festival set for Sept. 6-9

Festivals / Events David Sibray - August 31, 2018

The 2018 Culturefest World Music & Arts Festival will awaken musical magic again in the Pipestem highlands near Athens in...

Yonder Mountain String Band to perform at Keith-Albee

Arts David Sibray - January 23, 2018

"Rewriting the hip progressive-bluegrass genre," Yonder Mountain String Band will perform Saturday, February 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the...

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