When you enter into Keawe Bone’s world of Cherokee songs, stories, and dances, before long, your belly jiggles with laughter. As a mental health professional in counseling and substance abuse treatment, Keawe sees tremendous hurt. He also sees the impact family and community can make in the healing process. Thus, his presentation is one designed […]

Podcaster Nicholas Edward Williams headlined last year’s Harvest Festival to positive accolades for how he traced the roots of American music from its cultured past to artists playing it forward. The American Songcatcher returns to Stecoah this fall with The NEW Quintet, a band guided by the passion to honor the songs and styles that […]

The piano rarely plays a prominent part in Appalachian or Americana music and is seldom the lead instrument. Jeff Little is an exception – and a remarkable one. His distinctive two-handed style, much influenced by the mountain flat-picked guitar tradition, is breathtaking in its speed, precision, and clarity. He was inducted into the Blue Ridge Music […]