Sights & SoundsThe Harmonious Lives of Brian Grim and Debbie Grim Yates
Music runs deep in the Grim family. Fiddler Brian Grim and banjoist Debbie Grim Yates, founding members of the influential old-time band The Konnarock Critters, learned from family and local music legends before passing those traditions on to the next generation.
Sights & SoundsBuilding Community for Women Anglers in Richmond
What started as a single fly-fishing class has grown into a thriving community. Meet the Richmond Fly Women, a group redefining the sport through mentorship, shared learning, and connection on the water.
Sights & SoundsRiding the Fall Line
Exploring the evolution of watercraft used on the fall line of the James River, from the dugout canoe to the whitewater raft.
Sights & SoundsA River of Folk Art at Old Dominion University
Since the 1870s, a torrent of coal has flowed from the coalfields of Virginia, across the Piedmont, and to the ports of the Tidewater to the rest of the world. …
Sights & SoundsFiddlin’ with the Flow: Old Time Music from the Rivers and Streams of SW Virginia
American rivers often serve as major repositories for local music. There may be no better example than America’s oldest river, the New, that from its tiniest gurgle in the mountains of North Carolina to the loud, raging gorge it has dug in West Virginia, has transported home grown, Appalachian music throughout the South.
Sights & SoundsNow Streaming: Eastern Shore Foodways Audio Doc
Virginia Folklife and With Good Reason radio have released a two-part audio documentary on the past, present, and possibilities of food traditions on Virginia’s Eastern Shore
Sights & SoundsMeet the Artist: Sammy Yates
Back in the steep mountain valleys of Dickenson County in Southwest Virginia, you’ll find the small town of Haysi about 20 minutes from the Kentucky line.
Sights & SoundsClyde Jenkins, Teacher of Virginia Traditions
Clyde Jenkins lives off Jenkins Lane on land his great-great grandfather acquired in Page County in the eighteenth century.
Sights & SoundsAppalachia to Nova Scotia
Toni Doman-Vandyke received a 2023–2024 Fulbright Award to study the relationship between technology and the Cape Breton traditional music scene.
Sights & SoundsInside Wayne Henderson’s Shop
Ian Moriarty shares his experience interviewing legendary luthier Wayne Henderson at his shop in Grayson County.
Sights & SoundsCabbage Rolls & Home-Smoked Sausage: Louisa County’s Serbian Orthodox Church
In the small town of Louisa, a blue and white roadside sign nods to the presence of the center of Serbian Orthodox life in Virginia: the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos Serbian Orthodox Church.
Sights & SoundsLessons from a Fig Library
In this feature, Virginia state folklorist Katy Clune introduces four figs from Bernard Herman’s unique library—Westerhouse, Princess Anne, Hog Island, and Brunswick.
