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Appalachian music is homespun music; played in people's homes and passed down through generations. In Atlanta, a group called Rising Appalachia is made up of 2 women in their 20s whose parents play this traditional music and taught it to their daughters. These young women have added their own Atlanta hip hop edge to bring Appalachian music into the 21st century.
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Appalachian music is homespun music; played in people's homes and passed down through generations. In Atlanta, a group called Rising Appalachia is made up of 2 women in their 20s whose parents play this traditional music and taught it to their daughters. These young women have added their own Atlanta hip hop edge to bring Appalachian music into the 21st century.
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April O'Brien
Posted on February 26, 2008 at 03:32 AM | Permalink
Review of Rising Appalachia
I was intrigued by the summary that described the sisters' music as a sort of Appalachian hip hop, but found on listening that the music was actually closer to world music rooted in Appalachia, which I find different enough to make note of. The voices of both the reporter and the sisters struck me as stiff, scripted and detached, a contrast to the warm laconic music the sisters produce.