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Setting the Stage for Bristol Rhythm: A Love Letter to Historic Downtown

Location, location, location! That’s one of the reasons Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion is one of the most fun and unique festivals on the planet. Historic Downtown Bristol, VA-TN is a gem, and Bristol Rhythm partially exists to showcase its […]

Charlene Baker
By: Charlene Baker
Marketing Specialist at the Birthplace of Country Music
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Radio Bristol Book Club: The Journal of Jesse Smoke, A Cherokee Boy

June 3, 2019

By Rene Rodgers

Welcome to Radio Bristol Book Club! Inspired by the museum’s current special exhibit – Reading Appalachia: Voices from Children’s Literature – readers from the Birthplace of Country Music and the Bristol Public Library are coming together each month to celebrate […]

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Off the Record: Magnolia Electric Co.

May 28, 2019

By Summer Apostal

Our Radio Bristol DJs and related staff are a diverse bunch – and they like a huge variety of musical genres and artists. In our “Off the Record” posts, we ask one of them to tell us all about a song, record or artist […]

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Bristol Rhythm Survival Guide

May 24, 2019

By Charlene Baker

As the school year winds down and we head into the longer and hotter days of summer, it’s time to start thinking about festivals – Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, of course, and all the other festivals on your lineup. […]

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Foraging For Another Great Farm and Fun Time!

May 16, 2019

By Nathan Sykes

From blaring horns to sweet duets, May 9’s Farm and Fun Time featured a dynamic display of roots music styles! Thanks to our sponsor Eastman Credit Union, Radio Bristol was able to bring Farm and Fun Time to not only […]

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From the Vault: A Father’s Photographs

May 7, 2019

By Ethan Walling

When you think of a specific site associated with country music, the first place that comes to mind is more than likely the Grand Ole Opry. In 2018, Lawrence Inscho, one of our regular contributors to Radio Bristol, donated a […]

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Radio Bristol Book Club: The Summer of the Swans

May 3, 2019

By Amy Kimani

Welcome to Radio Bristol Book Club! Inspired by the museum’s current special exhibit – Reading Appalachia: Voices from Children’s Literature – readers from the Birthplace of Country Music and the Bristol Public Library are coming together each month to celebrate […]

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The Origin Project: Children Telling Appalachian Stories

April 29, 2019

By Nancy Bolmeier Fisher

Every people has to have its own stories… If we don’t have our own stories then we don’t have our own soul: we don’t have our own deepest possession, which is ourselves and our own unfolding… Unless we cherish and […]

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