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Sweet Harmonies and Foot-Tapping Tunes at October’s Farm and Fun Time

October 27, 2018

By Nathan Sykes

Farm and Fun Time was back at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum’s Performance Theater on October 18th with another exciting installment. We had a blast at the Paramount Center for the Arts during Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion in […]

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Illustration shows a man asleep in bed with the devil seated at the foot of the bed playing the fiddle.

The Devil Has All the Best Tunes

October 22, 2018

By Emily Robinson

You may have heard that A. P. Carter could play the fiddle, but refused to do so on record because it was “the devil’s box.” And just about everyone knows Charlie Daniel’s 1979 hit song “The Devil Went Down to […]

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Three image: Rough sketch of a girl in a white gown with long black hair; a square metal historical marker with the Bell Witch story; and signage for the Bell Witch cave and Bell Witch canoe trips!

Appalachian Ghost Tales and Stories to Help You Get Your Halloween On!

October 13, 2018

By Toni Doman

The Appalachian Mountains are some of the oldest mountains on Earth – and if these mountains and valleys could talk, one can only imagine what stories they could tell! The rich history and culture of the region is also home […]

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Girls Rock at Bristol Rhythm ‘18

October 5, 2018

By Charlene Baker

Though I choose to protect the identities of the severely misguided, I have been told – on more than one occasion – that female headliners don’t sell tickets (imagine me rolling my eyes so hard they nearly fall out of […]

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Left: Train station waiting area with wooden paneling and floors, "windows" with a view out to the trains, and the arrivals board listing several pre-1927 recording sessions.

When All the Parts Become a Whole: Working Together to Create a Museum

September 26, 2018

By Peyton Boyd

I believe in the power of collaboration, a constant factor in the long process of bringing the Birthplace of Country Music Museum to life and to its grand opening in 2014. Recently a segment I heard on an NPR program […]

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Instrument Interview: The Creole Bania, the Oldest Existing Banjo

September 20, 2018

By Kristina Gaddy

“Instrument Interview” posts are a chance to sit down with the instruments of traditional, country, bluegrass, and roots music – from different types of instruments to specific ones related to artists, luthiers, and songwriters – and learn more about them. […]

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All Things Country on International Country Music Day

September 17, 2018

By Rene Rodgers

September 17 is International Country Music Day! And while every day is “country music day” here at the Birthplace of Country Music, we thought we’d mark today in particular with a few fun facts and fancies all about this genre […]

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Left-hand pic shows a large crowd in one of the tent stages; right-hand pic shows a group of festivalgoers having fun together at the country mural.

Hillbilly Superstar: Owning the “H” Word

September 14, 2018

By Charlene Baker

I’m just going to say it. I loathe derogatory representations of people from the south in the media. Though not as prevalent today as it once was, I despise the backward caricatures made up to represent us. Insults like “hillbilly” […]

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Photograph of the display of books in the Birthplace of Country Music Museum store; several of the books noted in the blog are seen in this picture!

Reading is Music to the Ears!

September 6, 2018

By Nathan Sykes

Each year on September 6, bookworms across America celebrate National Read A Book Day. Though this is a fine thing to celebrate, reading is, of course, important and pleasurable every day of the year. If one wants to learn more […]

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