Born Virginia Marshall but nicknamed Gig, my mother was a home economics teacher who had come all the way across the whole… — Lee Smith Copy Share Image
I've been doing long-distance backpacking since 2002 when I hiked the Appalachian Trail. You start to calm down and relax and get… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
When Merle and I started out we called our music 'traditional plus,' meaning the traditional music of the Appalachian region plus whatever… — Doc Watson Copy Share Image
“I couldn’t describe the smells of West Virginia, even if I tried. It has something to do with the leaves composting in… — Heather Day Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Or maybe when she realized that he was never going to come and rescue her, she did what all strong women do.… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
I think, being from east Tennessee, you're kinda born with a little lonesome in your soul, in your blood. You know you've… — Ashley Monroe Copy Share Image
“Henry,that's how you get rid of fleas. You keep them from laying eggs. You go to war with them.” — Jason Jack Miller Copy Share Image
“When he leaned in to kiss me, the future swirled before me, bright as sunlight on creek water.” — Heather Day Gilbert Copy Share Image
“May your glass always be full, may there always be a roof over your head, and may you dirty sinners be in… — Jason Jack Miller Copy Share Image
I grew up at the base of a mountain in Virginia, so my comfort zone is that Appalachian area, where all the… — Hilarie Burton Copy Share Image
Those old Appalachian singers use a falsetto sometimes. They can change their voices to sound high or low or really scratchy. When… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
“A bit reluctantly, trying to leave my bruised ego behind, I was warming to the Appalachian idea. Bourbon and branch water. Dulcimer… — Judith Fertig Copy Share Image
J. Edgar Hoover very famously denied the existence of organized crime up until the Appalachian Meeting, I think, in 1957. It was… — Terence Winter Copy Share Image
