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Folk music

Mementos of the Black folk revival go on exhibit in Nashville

jewly hight

June 17, 2025

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The Carolina Chocolate Drops propelled a movement to reclaim the Black roots of music — and member Dom Flemons envisioned their impact from the very start.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Carolina Chocolate Drops, Dom Flemons, Folk music

Musicians Anne Harris and Amanda Ewing discuss connection in new album

Debbie Elliott, NPR

June 16, 2025

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NPR’s Debbie Elliott speaks with musician Anne Harris and Amanda Ewing, the Nashville luthier whose violin Harris uses on her new album, “I Feel It Once Again.”

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Amanda Ewing, Folk music, luthier, music industry

It’s not a reprint. Why Sacred Harp singers are revamping an iconic pre-Civil War hymnal

Holly Meyer, AP

June 1, 2025

A new edition of “The Sacred Harp,” a Christian hymnal first published in 1844, is being released this year. It helps carry on the more than 180-year-old American folk singing tradition that is as much about the community as it is the music.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Folk music, gospel, religion, Sacred Harp

As ‘Sinners’ soundtrack puts spotlight on roots music, a grassroots movement is also having its moment

jewly hight

May 15, 2025

There is a through-line from Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” to the music of the film, “Sinners,” and her name is Rhiannon Giddens.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Beyonce, Carolina Chocolate Drops, cowboy carter, Folk music, Rhiannon Giddens, roots music, Sinners

Folk duo Gillian Welch and David Rawlings release their album ‘Woodland’

A Martínez, NPR

September 4, 2024

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The folk music duo of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings release their album ‘Woodland,” four years after a tornado destroyed their home and studio.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, NPR News, WPLN News Tagged With: Folk music, music, Super Tuesday Tornado, tornado

‘It’s something only music can do’: One year after the Russian invasion, a Ukrainian band sells out in Nashville

Cynthia Abrams

February 27, 2023

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This weekend marked one year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Here in Nashville, Ukrainian band DakhaBrakha brought their genre-defying sound — and calls for a free Ukraine — to OZ Arts.  

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Folk music, music, OZ Arts, Ukraine, Ukraine war

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