Events
Month • Week • Day • TableDave Evans, one of Bluegrass music’s most popular performers, will be in concert at 88.7 WMMT’s Bluegrass Express Live, Thursday Feb 7th at the Appalshop Theater in downtown Whitesburg and live on Appalshop radio, WMMT.
Dave Evans, with his band River Bend, is one of the all time favorites in bluegrass music and is among the most requested performers on WMMT. He has been performing since 1968 and has been a part of such fine bands as Red Allen & the Kentuckians, The Boys from Indiana, the Goins Brothers and Larry Sparks & the Lonesome Ramblers. In 1978 he formed Dave Evans & River Bend and, as they say, the rest is Bluegrass Music History. Call 606 633-0108 for your reservation!
The master of accordion goodness, the one and only Wiley Quixote spins an hour of glorious accordion music for your listening pleasure on this weeks Patchwork!
This weeks concert series will be a great two hours of live music recorded at the 2007 Dock Boggs Festival. Dale Jett and Friends and the Whitetop Mountain Band from the Dock Boggs Festival, Norton VA, September 8, 2007
A new show on WMMT tune in and see what you think, or listen to the podcasts of the first two shows!
Brought to you by the Country Gentleman a fabulous hour of music by the great Gary Stewart!
Music from Mountain Empire Community College's October, 2000 Home Craft Days Festival.Featured artists are the Brickey Brothers and Uncut Grass, Jim and Albert Stanley, Lee Sexton, and the Home Folks.
Phyllis Eagle Tree of Louisville will be the guest on Appalachian Attitude on Monday, Feb. 18, at 4 p.m. She recently published a book titled Roll The Wheel, an examination in photos and stories of the life of the late Mae Phillips of Harlan County. Eagle Tree shadowed Mrs. Phillips, a classic Mountain Mama, for more than a year and came up with this loving tribute.
Guest hosts Mikie Burke, T.J. Caudill, Tommy Anderson and Eli Gover discuss a new youth community development effort. The Reckon Ball is a youth-based organization consisting of Letcher County youth. The Reckon Ball was formed out of love and dedication for the community and it's youth, their mission statement is as follows: We, the outspoken youth of Eastern Kentucky, have envisioned a brighter future for ourselves and have come together to create a youth organization that we call "The Reckon Ball." The Reckon Ball seeks to assist local youth in the development of skills and bring unity to our community.
A new Patchwork by Little Debbie - featuring Allison Krause
This weeks Radio-Gram has an update on the status of plans to build a new coal-fired power plant in southwest Virginia, a report on economic conversion in the coalfields as we move away from a coal based economy, and some talk of a changing environment. Plus the Regional Roundup and the Coal Report.
Mountain Talk is WMMT's weekly public affairs call in show. This weeks show will feature a discussion of tourism in the region. Call in and join the conversation, 1 (888)396-1208!
The Traditional Music Program brings traditional Appalachian music into the daily lives of people by helping communities build and sustain ongoing events such as jam sessions, square dances and storytelling events. Appalshop is proud to be a part of Central Appalachia’s living traditions through its work with the Carcassonne Square Dance—one of the oldest continuing square dances in the country! From October to May Appalshop’s Old Time Jam takes place at 1:00 PM on the first Saturday of each month.
Appalachian Concert Series - Music from Seedtime 1994, featuring Ray and Orville Hicks, the Lee Sexton Band, and Joe Thompson.
Appalachian Attitude dedicated to Appalachian writers & musicians of all stripes. Writers in the studio one week with Pam and musicians the next with Wiley. Send your books or CD's and we'll share your work with the world. Guest for March 3 TBA...
Radio-Gram is a compendium of news, ideas, and useful information. You will hear the Regional Roundup, Coal report, features, opinions and commentary on Radio-Gram. STAY TUNED for Radio-Gram every Monday evening at 5:30 following Appalachian Attitude.
Coming up on the next Mountain Talk a discussion about alternative energy options and opportunity with representatives from the The Kentucky Green Energy Roadshow. The Kentucky Green Energy Roadshow is an alliance of Appalachia – Science in the Public Interest, the Kentucky Solar Partnership, and the Kentucky Solar Energy Society who have joined together to present workshops on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and green building to folks around Kentucky. Join the conversation by calling in toll free - 1 (888) 396-1208!
Dylan's Inspired Theft by Ramblin' Ray.
3-5 PM Appalachian Concert Series A two hour concert of traditional or bluegrass music from Appalshop's archives or from more recently recorded music from our central Appalachian music highways and crooked roads.
