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One of our very own, Jane Allen Nodine, presents a new exhibit of her encaustic art  at the Myst Contemporary Gallery in Spartanburg, SC.  The exhibit opens today (1.21) and runs through February 16.  If you’re in the area, show some support!

The Appalachian Photographers Project features 18 photographers from the Southern Appalachian states.  Their work [...]

Grady McWhiney ruffled feathers.  McWhiney (late, 2006) produced controversial scholarship about the development of the Southern psyche and its roots in a much-vaunted Celtic ancestry.  With fellow historian Forrest McDonald, McWhiney authored what would come to be known as the Celtic Thesis — simply put, that unlike the rest of America’s inhabitants, Southerners are (or [...]

“Dangerous” is not how one is likely to describe The Queen Family: Appalachian Tradition and Back Porch Music.  The short documentary (< 30 minutes) chronicles a rural North Carolina family whose roots in mountain music reach centuries into the past, and even across the Atlantic.  92 year-old Mary Jane Queen, the charmingly lucid matriarch of [...]

For fans of Old Time and Appalachian music, Smithsonian Folkways’ Backroads to Cold Mountain is a must have.  Compiled by musicologist John Cohen, it’s a great collection of mountain music from the early days of audio recording.  Less intimidating than the sprawling Goodbye, Babylon or the Anthology of American Folk Music, it’s a great primer [...]

Atlanta’s Southern Proper boasts a line of Southern gentleman’s accessories that is fresh, classic, and by all means, proper. Combining traditional fashion with new Southern chic, their sophisticated yet whimsical products capitalize on the comically over-characterized Southern gentleman. Southern Proper’s bow ties (”Beaus”) and other elements of haberdashery are adorned with patterns ranging from live [...]

Much of the work we discuss here isn’t new.   We’re not solely concerned with new books, new authors, or new artists.  I learned firsthand that educating oneself about actual Southern art — more than just ceramic roosters — is a process that requires some digging.  Investigate on your own, teach yourself about what Southern art [...]