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  • Collection: Stories of Mountain Folk

Doreyl interviews JoAnn Meeks from Franklin, who discusses how art has helped her mind, body, and soul. Amy talks with Willie Mae Golden from Tilley Creek, who tells stories of growing up in Western North Carolina. The music of guitarist Ron Smith…

On Creative Corner, Doreyl talks with Eric Hendrix of Sylva (his family is originally from Waynesville), who plays the guitar and sings one of his original songs. Amy interviews her aunt, Rena Coggins Ammons of Tuckasegee, who tells of her wedding…

Doreyl interviews Ginny McAfee from Black Mountain, a musician and singer who cherishes our local heritage. Amy talks with 100-year-old Commodore Casada from Bryson City whose family arrived in the area 95 years ago by covered wagon. To close the…

Doreyl interviews Margot Johnson from Glenville, a visual artist who paints pictures of the environment. Amy visits with Skipper Russell from Bethel, who talks about his life as a farmer and tells of his Cold Mountain Corn Maze. Finally, Keith Shuler…

Doreyl talks with Kathy Rowe of Cullowhee, a fabric and textile artist, songwriter, and musician. Amy interviews potters Joe Frank McKee and Travis Berning of Tree House Pottery in Dillsboro, who helped start the annual WNC Pottery Festival held each…

This week features interviews about the upcoming documentary film Civil War Letters of Macon County which was directed, produced, and filmed by Michael M. Rogers. Doreyl talks with Rogers, and Amy interviews David and Debbie Patterson,…

The show opens with a youthful rendition of "The Ballad of Old Blue" from the Cockman Family. Doreyl interviews William Clarke, an artist with a flair for broad, bold color and strong compositions. Amy talks with Jim Casada from Bryson City, an…

Amy opens the show with an original poem about the changing seasons. On Creative Corner, Doreyl welcomes back singer Betty Collins Brown of Tuckasegee to discuss her music and her new book. Amy talks with Noel Blakely of the Old Mill 1886 which is…

Amy shares a story about Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest in Graham County and the poem "Trees." On Creative Corner, Doreyl welcomes artist Linda A. Richardson from Cedar Mountain. Amy talks with musician Annie Harlow who lives in Sylva and plays the…

ColorFest hits downtown Sylva in this show! Doreyl interviews watercolorist Mark Copple, who demonstrates his technique at the Nichols House. Amy talks with Ron Yount from Cullowhee, a miller at the Mingus Mill in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.…
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