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The song was named for Cumberland Gap, a narrow pass through the Cumberland Mountains, which was explored by Daniel Boone in the 1770s, as he blazed the Wilderness Road.In recognition of this heritage, the town of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, hosts the monthly "Cumberland Mountain Music Show", with live gospel, bluegrass, and country music.
For five days during the first week of August each year, the Appalachian String Band Music Festival [50] is held in Clifftop, West Virginia. This festival is dedicated to the preservation of authentic old-time string band music as well as traditional flatfoot dancing and square dancing. It features competition, performances, and workshops.
Bluegrass music is a genre of American roots music that developed in the 1940s in the Appalachian region of the United States. [1] The genre derives its name from the band Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys. [2] Like mainstream country music, it largely developed out of old-time music.
The Music of Kentucky is heavily centered on Appalachian folk music and its descendants, especially in eastern Kentucky. Bluegrass music is of particular regional importance; Bill Monroe, "the father of bluegrass music", was born in the Ohio County community of Rosine, and he named his band, the Blue Grass Boys, after the bluegrass state, i.e., Kentucky.
Jun. 6—A performance featuring traditional Appalachian ballads, stories and music will be held at the Folkmoot Center as part of the Mountain Memories performance series on Saturday, June 10.
The Singing Christians were a Southern gospel music band. They released five albums on the Canaan Records label and charted in the Southern gospel radio markets.. Wayne Christian [1] led the band, performing at concert venues and ’All night gospel singings’ across the deep south and the southwestern United States. [2]
He went on to play gospel music with the Northside Quartet and later on achieved some success and a Grammy nomination with the Victory Trio, based out of his hometown, Morristown, Tennessee. Williams started his own band the Victory Trio in 1995 with Banjo player Jerry Keys, Bass player Susie Keys along with Dan Moneyhun and Adam Winstead.
The influence of Mississippi Delta blues to the west and the ancient sounds of Appalachian Folk Music to the north blend with native Jazz sounds to form a brand of country music with a unique Alabama flavor. "Country music may be recorded in Nashville, but it was born in the Heart of Dixie." (Will Vincent, Tall Pines Bluegrass).