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A (Safe) Weekend Getaway to Bristol

August 13, 2020

By Charlene Baker

COVID-19 may have interrupted plans for Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, but Bristol is still a great weekend trip for those who wish to safely travel during the pandemic.

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Jamie Lee Curtis wearing a mask in the movie Halloween

Cardio, Double Tap, and Other Stuff Scary Movies Taught Us About Avoiding COVID-19

August 7, 2020

By Charlene Baker

I think we can all agree 2020 has been one giant dumpster fire. As we enter the Halloween season, you might be thinking reality has become a little like living a scary movie. This got me to thinking: if this were a scary movie, how could we flip the script? Hasn’t the horror genre taught us everything we need to know about surviving until the credits? And because every good Halloween flick needs a killer soundtrack, I’ve included a Spooktacular Bristol Rhythm playlist on Spotify to aid in your assault on COVID-19, with nearly five hours of music by your favorite festival artists! Enough to get you though a double feature!

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Radio Bristol Book Club: The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap

August 4, 2020

By Tonia Kestner

Welcome to Radio Bristol Book Club! Each month, readers from BCM and the Bristol Public Library come together to celebrate and explore one book inspired by our region’s rich Appalachian cultural and musical heritage. We invite you to read along and then listen […]

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Off the Record: The Hobo’s Convention

July 28, 2020

By Brody Hunt

Our Radio Bristol DJs 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 they love. Today […]

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Real Folk: A Few of My Favorite Things

July 16, 2020

By Rene Rodgers

On March 6, the museum opened a special exhibit called Real Folk: Passing on Trades & Traditions Through the Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, in partnership with the Virginia Folklife Program. While the COVID-19 situation meant that for three months no one […]

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Pick 5: Songs of Blind Alfred Reed

June 15, 2020

By Nathan Sykes

For our “Pick 5” blog series, we ask members of the Radio Bristol team to pick five songs within a given theme – from heartsongs to murder ballads and everything in between! Once they pick their “5,” they get the […]

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The Night I Met Lesley Riddle: June 14, 1974

June 13, 2020

By Nancy (Park) Drum

The first time I ever met Mr. Lesley Riddle and also, the first time I ever played guitar and sang with him, just happened to be the day after his 69th birthday. He was born on June 13, 1905, and […]

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Radio Bristol Book Club: Halfway to the Sky

June 5, 2020

By Tonia Kestner

Welcome to Radio Bristol Book Club! Each month, readers from BCM and the Bristol Public Library come together to celebrate and explore one book inspired by our region’s rich Appalachian cultural and musical heritage. We invite you to read along and then listen […]

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