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  • Americana Stories – Rick Bayles “The Little Shop of Hollers”
  • 3 Country Songs You’ve Never Heard That Tell Gripping Stories
  • Americana Stories – Gary Marsden “Rialto and Rhiannon”

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americana-uk.com /1 month ago

Americana Stories – Rick Bayles “The Little Shop of Hollers”

The next Americana Story comes from one of our own. Rick Bayles escaped the UK to live in the Dordogne region of France, and from there he reports back through his monthly Vox Cont...

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americansongwriter.com /2 weeks ago

3 Country Songs You’ve Never Heard That Tell Gripping Stories

country singer/songwriter Corb Lund, who writes stunning story songs These country songs tell the kinds of stories that will stick with you for long after the last note plays. The...

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americana-uk.com /1 month ago

Americana Stories – Gary Marsden “Rialto and Rhiannon”

Gary Marsden was a finalist in Americana UK’s Twang Factor under his nom de musique of Cold Bones Lullabies. He has sent us a story based on another one of his songs, which you can...

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dailyyonder.com /6 days ago

Shaboozey Goes West in His New Rural-Inspired Concept Album

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dailyyonder.com /3 weeks ago

Yonder Radio: Hay Rake Ballet, Rural Cemeteries, and the Appalachian Robin Hood

Tune in to Yonder Radio for conversations about the future of small rural cemeteries, the Appalachian Robin Hood, and a unique ballet - performed by hay rakes. This week's musician...

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dailyyonder.com /5 days ago

Yonder Radio: Missouri Folk Art, the National Grange, and the World Nomad Games

Tune in to Yonder Radio to hear about the American cowboys that compete at the World Nomad Games in Central Asia, and the women who have helped develop recreation economies in the...

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medium.com /1 month ago

The Old Barn

Another Childhood StoryContinue reading on Weeds & Wildflowers »

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Farming life stories spill over into second collection by farmer

The experience of growing up on a small “stubborn” farm in Co. Roscommon inspired many of the stories featured in a new book. Denis O’Higgins from Aghintamy, Co. Monaghan, has self...

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dailyyonder.com /2 weeks ago

EN ESPAÑOL: Una celebración de la herencia hispana en Clarksburg, Virginia del Oeste. 

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americana-uk.com /3 weeks ago

Americana Stories – Terena Elizabeth Bell “As We Go Along”

Our next Americana Story comes from Terena Elizabeth Bell. Her short fiction collection, Tell Me What You See, was named one of the “best books of the century (so far)” by New York...

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newyorker.com /1 month ago

How the Beach Vacation Became a Country-Music Trope

The genre extolls the virtue of staying close to your home town. “Five O’Clock Somewhere” was part of a wave of hits that envisioned an escape to the seaside.

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eugeneweekly.com /1 month ago

Rural Life

You may think you’ve never heard of the acclaimed British playwright, Jez Butterworth. However, his raucously funny, as well as violent and shocking plays, have … Continue reading ...

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

4 Classic Songs That Make You Want To Move Out to the Country

Photo by Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music via Getty Images These classic songs make compelling cases for why you should move away from the city and out to the country. The post 4 Classi...

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

3 Country Songs From the 1980s That Sound Like They Were Written on a Front Porch

Steve Earle on 11/15/86 in Chicago, Il. (Photo by Paul Natkin/WireImage) These country songs don't feel like massive hits. Instead, they feel like simple front porch style diary en...

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rnz.co.nz /1 month ago

Country Life: Celery, butterflies and Travis the goat

For 120 years, the Franklin family has farmed celery. Now it also has sunflower patches, butterfly houses and a cheeky goat who's become a bit of a celebrity.

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

3 Country Songs From the 1970s That Reference Texas Towns

CIRCA 1975: Country musician Waylon Jennings performs onstage in circa 1975. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Some of the best songs reference particular places and m...

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dailyyonder.com /1 week ago

Yonder Radio: Murder 101, Tradwives, and Texas High-Voltage Transmission Lines

Tune in to Yonder Radio for a pop culture roundup with the summers biggest rural hits and stories about salmon migration and climate friendly wine in the PNW. The post Yonder Radi...

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agriland.ie /1 month ago

Listen – pedigree cattle, vintage tractors and alpacas at Granard Show

Agriland’s ‘Around the Shows’ summer podcast series continues this week with a visit to Granard Agricultural Show in Co. Longford, one of Ireland’s longest-running agricultural sho...

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globalvoices.org /3 days ago

What does folklore have to say? It helps uncover untold facets of Indigenous stories overlooked for generations

I never thought of documenting the Indigenous Tharu folklore until my grandmother left this world. Now she is no more with us, I yearn for those priceless words of wisdom.

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lpm.org /1 month ago

Traditional Appalachian ballads are reimagined in new audio drama, podcast series

A podcast series takes traditional Appalachian ballads about train wrecks and murder and transforms them into radio plays.

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lpm.org /1 month ago

West Kentucky puppetry exhibition highlights intersection of folk art and storytelling

Retta Folsom has spent much of her life telling stories to children with the help of puppets she's created through the decades.

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americansongwriter.com /2 weeks ago

3 Pop Country Songs That Celebrate Home Without Sounding Corny

These three pop country songs will make you remember your own hometowns while these artists sing about theirs. The post 3 Pop Country Songs That Celebrate Home Without Sounding Co...

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newstalkkit.com /1 week ago

Choosin' Texas-The Biggest Non-Christmas Hit Ever?

I don't know, but it seems to me country is going to be America's dominant music genre. I can't go anywhere without hearing it! I welcome this change as a sign that Americans are b...

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thejournal.ie /1 month ago

Here's what happened at a hip hop trad session at a pub in Inchicore

Rockin’ the Suburbs brings you an Ireland entertaining itself in ways that you rarely see covered by Irish media.

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