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Alive (Rising Appalachia Album)
''Alive'' is a 2017 live album by American Appalachian band Rising Appalachia. ''Alive'' was named an "Album of the Year 2017" by ''The Arts Desk''. The album was compiled from recordings made at live shows over the previous two years. Critical reception Kath Galasso reviewed the album for ''On Stage Magazine'', quoting the band as saying that ''Alive'' "...is a collection of songs that are telling of the time. A time where the veil has been lifted and we want people to WAKE UP, to be WOKE, to be ALIVE." The album was featured by ''The Spill Magazine'', along with an interview with Leah Song. It was also reviewed by Erick Mertz for the UK magazine '' Bearded'', who wrote "In total, the performance is complete. Banter between songs keeps the fire burning. Rising Appalachia allows the performance to take on its own energy, up and down, like the life cycle of joys and sorrows that it aims to replicate," although he was disappointed at the lack of variety and had hoped for more of a " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rising Appalachia
Rising Appalachia is an American Appalachian folk music group led by multi-instrumentalist sisters Leah Song and Chloe Smith. Leah also performs as a solo artist. Based between Atlanta, New Orleans, and the Asheville area of North Carolina, the sisters work with an array of international musicians and the band incorporates everything from simple harmonics with banjos and fiddles, to a wide variety of drums, kalimbas, beatbox, djembe, balafon, congas, didgeridoo, tablas, spoons and washboard creating a full mix of world, folk and soul music. Rising Appalachia is independent from the mainstream music industry. The sisters managed, produced and marketed the project themselves from the beginning and only later started to build up a small management team. Their first four albums were self-produced and self-funded. For their fifth album, ''Filthy Dirty South'', they raised in a span of one month a total of $11,180.00 in 2011 on the crowd funding web site ''Kickstarter''. Rising Appal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appalachian Music
Appalachian music is the music of the region of Appalachia in the Eastern United States. Traditional Appalachian music is derived from various influences, including the ballads, hymns and fiddle music of the British Isles (particularly Scotland), the African music and blues of early African Americans, and to a lesser extent the music of Continental Europe. First recorded in the 1920s, Appalachian musicians were a key influence on the early development of old-time music, country music, bluegrass, and rock n' roll, and were an important part of the American folk music revival of the 1960s. Instruments typically used to perform Appalachian music include the banjo, American fiddle, fretted dulcimer, and later the guitar.Ted Olson,Music," ''Encyclopedia of Appalachia'', 2006. Retrieved: 28 January 2015. Early recorded Appalachian musicians include Fiddlin' John Carson, G. B. Grayson & Henry Whitter, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, the Carter Family, Clarence Ashley, and Dock Boggs, all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wider Circles
''Wider Circles'' is the fifth studio album by American Appalachian band Rising Appalachia. It was recorded at Echo Mountain Recording in Asheville, North Carolina, and was released on July 17, 2015. Background Leah Song coined the term "Slow Music Movement" while preparing for a TedX talk. During their ''Wider Circles'' Rail Tour, the band travelled by Amtrak train. Song connected this with the "Slow Music Movement", which she described as exploring the question as to how music can be a public service, saying: Critical reception Amy Lieberman, who reviewed ''Wider Circles'' for ''NYS Music'', wrote "Seamlessly covering the entire spectrum of musical genres, ranging from traditional music of the American South highlighting the banjo and fiddle, to world music featuring African drums, there’s something on this album for everyone to enjoy." Desdemona Dallas, reviewing for ''Lost in Sound'', noted that "Songs 'Medicine' and 'Oh Death' light upon the Smith sisters’ wordsmithing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leylines
''Leylines'' is the sixth studio album by American Appalachian band Rising Appalachia. The album was produced by Joe Henry, recorded over ten days in Marin County studio Panoramic House, and released on May 3, 2019. ''Leylines'' was ranked on the ''Billboard'' Top Heatseekers chart, peaking at No. 22 for the week ending May 18, 2019. Singer-songwriters Ani DiFranco and Trevor Hall, as well as jazz trumpeter Maurice Turner, are featured on the album. Background The single "Resilient" was released on May 1, 2018. and received favorable reviews from NPR Music and ''Rolling Stone''. The "Resilient" video, which features dancers Quentin Robinson, Justin Conte, Lukas van der Fecht, and Amy Secada, was reviewed by Bob Boilen for NPR Music's ''All Songs TV'', and by Steph Castor for the June 2018 issue of '' Girl Guitar Magazine''. Critical reception The theme of ''Leylines'' is interconnectedness. In an interview, Chloe Smith said that the word 'leylines' The album was reviewed by G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Arts Desk
''The Arts Desk'' (theartsdesk.com) is a British arts journalism website containing reviews, interviews, news, and other content related to music, theatre, television, films, and other art forms written by journalists from a variety of traditional and web-based publications. It launched in September 2009 as a shareholder collective. From 2010 to 2013, its honorary chairman was Sir John Tusa, former managing director of the BBC World Service and of the Barbican Centre. In 2012, it won an Online Media Award as the best specialist journalism site, jointly with the website for ''The Economist''. Notable contributors to the website include; Aleks Sierz Aleks Sierz is a British theatre critic. He is known for coining the term " In-yer-face theatre", which was the title of a book he published in 2001. Sierz was educated at Manchester University and holds a PhD from Westminster University. He wo ..., Jasper Rees, Matt Wolf, Ismene Brown, Joe Muggs, Tom Birchenough, David Nice, Kie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woke
''Woke'' ( ) is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) meaning "alert to racial prejudice and Racial discrimination, discrimination". Beginning in the 2010s, it came to encompass a broader awareness of social inequalities such as sexism, and has also been used as shorthand for American Left ideas involving identity politics and social justice, such as the notion of white privilege and Reparations for slavery in the United States, slavery reparations for African Americans. The phrase ''stay woke'' had emerged in AAVE by the 1930s, in some contexts referring to an awareness of the social and political issues affecting African Americans. The phrase was uttered in a recording by Lead Belly and later by Erykah Badu. Following the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014, the phrase was popularised by Black Lives Matter (BLM) activists seeking to raise awareness about police shootings of African Americans. After seeing use on Black Twitter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leah Song
Leah Song (born Leah Smith) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumental musician, storytelling, storyteller, poet, artist, and activist known for her role as one of the two frontsisters of Rising Appalachia — with younger sister Chloe Smith (musician), Chloe Smith — incorporating sultry vocals, rhythm, banjo, guitar, ballads, dance, spoken-word and storytelling into her work. Her music is based in the traditions of Southern soul and international American folk music#Roots music, roots music. Song engages in social activism and is involved with environmental activism, environment, food justice, human rights and prison reform. She has been a speaker at TEDx in Asheville, North Carolina. Early life and education Leah Smith was born and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia into an artistic family. Her father, Andrew Hunter Smith, is a folk culture, folk-sculpture, sculptor and painter. Her mother, Jan Smith, is a jazz piano, jazz pianist and folk musician sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bearded (magazine)
''Bearded'' is a British bi-monthly music magazine that covers the independent music industry, reviewing artists who are either unsigned or signed to independent record labels. History ''Bearded'' was founded by Gareth Main, a former editor of the trade publication Golf Course News International, with the aim of providing nationwide coverage for independent artists. The first issue of ''Bearded'' was released on 14 August 2007 with an illustration of actor and musician Matt Berry on the cover. The cover design was minimal, featuring only the original ''Bearded'' logo with no content or other information. This design continued through the first 18 months of the magazine, until ''Bearded'' relaunched on 29 January 2009, after which the logo was changed. The magazine retained its signature minimal aesthetic. Beardaid On 14 July 2008, ''Bearded'' announced the launch of Beardaid, a charitable side to the magazine that aimed to further help people working in the independent music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cripple Creek (folk Song)
"Cripple Creek" is an Appalachian-style old time tune and folk song, often played on the fiddle or banjo, listed as number 3434 in the Roud Folk Song Index. The lyrics are probably no older than the year 1900, and the tune is of unknown origin. It has become a standard among bluegrass musicians and is often one of the first songs a banjo picker learns. Origin and context Its time of composition is unknown, and according to Bob Coltman, the tune is probably older than the lyrics. The most famous Cripple Creek is Cripple Creek, Colorado, where a mining town was formed after gold was discovered there in 1891. However most traditional Virginia musicians believe that the song refers to Cripple Creek, Virginia. Score Simplified version of the basic melody (A part followed by B part). Lyrics The following are lyrics from a 1909 version included in the Journal of American Folklore, 1915.Goin' to Cripple Creek, goin' ter Rome (roam), Goin' ter Cripple Creek, goin' ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medicine (Rising Appalachia Song)
Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness. Contemporary medicine applies biomedical sciences, biomedical research, genetics, and medical technology to diagnose, treat, and prevent injury and disease, typically through pharmaceuticals or surgery, but also through therapies as diverse as psychotherapy, external splints and traction, medical devices, biologics, and ionizing radiation, amongst others. Medicine has been practiced since prehistoric times, and for most of this time it was an art (an area of creativity and skill), frequently having connections to the religious and philosophical beliefs of local culture. For example, a medicine man would apply herbs and say prayers for healing, or an ancien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soon I Will Be Done
"Soon I Will Be Done (With the Troubles of the World)" is a traditional African-American spiritual. Recordings An notable arrangement was created by Edward Boatner (1898–1981). The song has been recorded by: *Carla Bley and Steve Swallow. It appears on their 1988 album, ''Duets''. *the David Crowder Band. It appears on their 2005 album, '' A Collision or (3+4=7)''. Rising Appalachia based their 2012 song "Occupy" on "Soon I Will Be Done." It first appeared on their 2012 album, '' Filthy Dirty South''. A live version appears on their 2017 album, ''Alive Alive may refer to: *Life Books, comics and periodicals * ''Alive'' (novel), a 2015 novel by Scott Sigler * '' Alive: The Final Evolution'', a 2003 shonen manga by Tadashi Kawashima and Adachitoka * '' Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors'', ...''. References Citations Works cited * * * African-American spiritual songs Folk songs {{song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumberland Gap (folk Song)
"Cumberland Gap" is an Appalachian folk song that likely dates to the latter half of the 19th century and was first recorded in 1924. The song is typically played on banjo or fiddle, and well-known versions of the song include instrumental versions as well as versions with lyrics. A version of the song appeared in the 1934 book, ''American Ballads and Folk Songs'', by folk song collector John Lomax. Woody Guthrie recorded a version of the song at his Folkways sessions in the mid-1940s, and the song saw a resurgence in popularity with the rise of bluegrass and the American folk music revival in the 1950s. In 1957, the British musician Lonnie Donegan had a No. 1 UK hit with a skiffle version of "Cumberland Gap". The song's title refers to the Cumberland Gap, a mountain pass in the Appalachian Mountains at the juncture of the states of Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky. The gap was used in the latter half of the 18th century by westward-bound migrants travelling from the origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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