WHAT: Live musical performance from Amy Fabbri (Dulcimer player and Appalachian ballad singer), a talk about the influence of 
mining culture on Appalachian culture/music + oral histories from the miners themselves.
WHERE: Georges Creek Library, 76 Main St. Lonaconing, Maryland
WHEN: Wednesday, October 10th, 6pm
Join Amy Fabbri for a spellbinding performance of traditional Appalachian ballads and dulcimer music as well as a discusion of the history of Appalachian coal mining and the the influence it has had on the music of the mountains. In addition to Amy’s performance and presentation there will be on display artifacts and oral histories of coal mining from both the George’s Creek Library collection as well as a special collection from the Maryland Public Library system.
See Amy featured here in Appalachian Independent’s 2011 film series, the Mountain Traditions Project:
[…] Weds, October 10th: Music From the Mines (with Amy Fabbri) + Coal Talk […]
Sadly, the real folksingers are dying, and the outside world is changing the way the mountains used to ring with the old songs. Some call it progress, but I don’t know. Instead of Bar’bry Allen singing through the trees it’s Taylor Swift and Nashtrash country. I’m glad to see someone still trying to preserve the old songs and ballads, and hopefully future generations will have sense enough to respect the past and keep these songs and traditions alive.
Arkansas Red-Ozark Troubadour
Ozark Mountains, Arkansas