Those instruments are now being sourced from increasingly ... “There is something very special about east Tennessee and western North Carolina and the Cherokee reservation, we’re neighbors ...

The development of harmony has given Western music enormous depth. Because our instruments were not suitable for harmony, our music has instead developed a complexity of pure melodic patterns.

WoodSongs previously gave away instruments to tornado victims in western Kentucky and flood victims in Appalachia. “Love is the greatest transaction of the arts,” Johnathon told WLOS.

Bookcliff Middle School is encouraging the community to participate in the 15th annual Bringing Music to Life Instrument Donation Drive. Through Saturday, Roper Music ...

When Helene’s flooding hit North Carolina last fall, a lot of people lost everything. Musicians also lost their prized instruments.

In western North Carolina, people who lost musical instruments due to flooding from Hurricane Helene got a chance to pick out new ones for free thanks to help from musicians across the U.S.