Tyler 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...

Girls 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...

Tim 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...

Melissa 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...

Mama & 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...

Jamie 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...

Jamie 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...

The 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...

Courtney 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...