Roots Music Revue: LIVE! with Leah Song of Rising Appalachia

“Roots Music History: LIVE!” is a brand new live radio program centered around the history of Appalachian music that will be syndicated on Western North Carolina’s NPR station WNCW, in partnership with the Earl Scruggs Center and the roots music history podcast American Songcatcher. “Roots Music History: LIVE!” is both educational and entertaining, implementing storytelling and performances from the host and producer of American Songcatcher, folk musician Nicholas Edward Williams, in collaboration with a special guest who embodies the evolving and diverse history of Appalachian music culture.
The debut three-part series takes place on September 24th, October 29th and November 19th, and will be filmed in front of a live audience at the Earl Scruggs Center in Shelby, NC. Attendees will gain valuable context and depth of Appalachian music history through storytelling, interviews and performances, centered on themes that cover essential musicians, styles, and instruments of Appalachia, with surprise segments, and an old time house string band. This concept will be pitched for both regional and national NPR syndication in 2027 to further preserve Appalachian music culture.
* Ticket purchase and/or attendance at Roots Music History Live! constitutes consent to photography, video, and audio recording, which may be broadcast on WNCW 88.7 and other media outlets and used for promotional purposes. *