music; storytelling; local writings; arts and crafts;
To open the show, Amy shares childhood memories of coaxing doodlebugs out of sand pits in her story "Doodlebug, Doodlebug,” followed by Banjo Mania’s "Duets.” On Creative Corner, Doreyl and poet Terry Michelsen discuss her new book, Soaring...
To introduce the show, Amy tells the story “The Shadow of the Chicken Hawk,” followed by guitarist Ron Smith's rendition of "Wildwood Flower." On Creative Corner, Doreyl interviews the Ross Brothers, Zeb and Levi from Waynesville, who play...
music; arts and crafts; nature; life stories; storytelling;
Amy shares memories of her training in the Air Force. On Creative Corner, Doreyl talks with Luzell Wiggins Bennett, an artist from Qualla, about her paintings and childhood inspiration. Amy interviews Jeff Gottlieb, a naturalist and primitive...
music; storytelling; events; life stories; arts and crafts;
To open the show, Amy shares memories of her mother, Cannie Owen Ammons, in her story "Cannie From Wolf Mountain,” accompanied by "O Perfect Love" from Jo Northup and Richard Birt of Asheville. On Creative Corner, Doreyl and her guest, Bryan...
storytelling; nature; music; life stories; history; local writings;
In the opening story, “Mountain Statistics and Mountain Laurel,” Amy describes the mountains of Appalachia and her fond memories of growing up among them, followed by “Smoky Mountain Memories” from Tuckasegee’s Betty Collins Brown. On...
music; storytelling; arts and crafts; life stories; history; local writings;
To open the show, Amy shares a coon hunting story, aided by Sylva musician Keith Shuler with his original song "Sam Moody, Legendary Coonhound." On Creative Corner, Doreyl's guest, Kim Ross of Waynesville, discusses her clogging team and her talent...
Amy shares the history of Catch the Spirit of Appalachia’s Heritage Alive! Mountain Youth Talent Contest; Doreyl interviews one of the winners of the contest, Kaitlyn Karcher of Webster. Karcher plays "Harvest Home" on the fiddle, followed by...
A special tribute to Annie Lee Bryson, the Corn Husk Doll Lady, whom we lost on September 6, 2010. Along with a replay of an earlier interview with Bryson, we have her daughters—Norma Clayton, Anna Allen, and Carolyn Wiggins—sharing memories of...
To open the show, Amy talks about the beauty of Western North Carolina. Doreyl talks to Crystal Allen of Canton about shearing, carding, and spinning the wool of sheep and llamas, as well as making soap and scarves from wool. Amy interviews Craig...
Allen, Crystal; Cockman Family (Musical group); Litz, Craig
Doreyl talks with Brenda McAfee who shares her new song, "That’s Not Smoke in the Smokies." Amy interviews Jean Allen who was born in 1931 on Caney Fork; Allen shares the many things she has experienced through the years. Milan Miller’s...
Amy tells the story "Coon Hunting," a tale of two uncles coon hunting on Wolf Mountain. Doreyl’s guests, Victoria A. Casey McDonald and Pam Dengler, discuss the upcoming workshop Young Artists of ColorFest in Sylva. Then Amy talks with her...
Ammons, David Franklin; Blue Ridge Rounders (Musical group); Casey McDonald, Victoria A.; Dengler, Pam
Amy talks about “Blue Ridge Mountains Call for Me,” the theme song for Stories of Mountain Folk. Doreyl’s guests are Mary Jo Cobb and her 96-year-old mother, Gladys Hooper. Hooper tells of her early days in Jackson County as she started her...
Ammons, David Franklin; Cobb, Mary Jo; Hooper, Gladys; Mollette, Jack; Scopelite, Phillip
The show begins with a tribute to Aunt Corie. Part two of Doreyl’s interview with John and Jane Cockman in the Creative Corner segment. Amy talks with her brother David Franklin Ammons, who describes how he became a chair caner by watching...
Ammons, David Franklin; Cockman Family (Musical group); Cockman, Jane; Cockman, John
Amy introduces "Smoky Mountain Memories" by Betty Brown of Tuckasegee; Doreyl interviews Brown and young Wyatt Messer who discuss and perform Brown’s latest song, "River Tuckasegee." Amy’s guest is Jim Ammons from Dacula, Georgia, who shares...
music; storytelling; arts and crafts; community organizations; events;
Amy opens the show with the legend of Judaculla Rock, followed by Milan Miller’s musical interpretation of the story from the album Songs from Jackson County. On Creative Corner, Doreyl talks with Brenda Anders of Dillsboro about the Dogwood...
music; farming; community organizations; arts and crafts;
Today’s show features part one of Doreyl’s interview with Margaret Oren and Jane Coburn who work with autism spectrum disorder at Full Spectrum Farms in the Wayehutta community. Amy talks with Brenda Anders, chairman of the board for Dogwood...
Anders, Brenda; Coburn, Jane; Oren, Margaret; Queen, Henry
music; nature; storytelling; arts and crafts; life stories;
To open the show, Amy describes the joys of picking wild strawberries and shares a Cherokee legend about strawberries. Doreyl interviews Brenda McAfee of Asheville who shares her new song that was inspired by Doreyl’s "Fiery Fiddler" painting....
Anderson, Connie; Blue Ridge Rounders (Musical group); Home Delivery (Musical group); Jackson, Melissa; McAfee, Brenda; Reece, McKayla; Smith, Nancy;
Amy introduces the show, and Doreyl interviews the Spirit-Filled Trio from Tuckasegee: Alana Powell Fisher, Nola Powell Brown, and Betty Collins Brown. During the interview, the trio sings “You are My Hiding Place” a cappella. Amy’s guest,...
Anderson, Lori; Brown, Betty Collins; Brown, Nola Powell; Fisher, Alana Powell; Spirit-Filled Trio (Musical group);
music; storytelling; community organizations; events; life stories;
In her story "Feed Sack Dresses and Singer Sewing Machines," Amy remembers her mother and her many sewing creations. (“Ookpik Waltz” from the McDowell family of Canton accompanies her story.) On Creative Corner, Doreyl and her guest, Eugenia...
storytelling; nature; life stories; arts and crafts; music;
Amy’s story, “A Silk Purse Out of a Sow’s Ear” carries us back to Thanksgiving time in the 50s. “There Was a Time” by Appalachian Fire follows the segment. On Creative Corner, Doreyl spends time with poet Thomas Rain Crowe. They talk...
Appalachian Fire (Musical group); Crowe, Thomas Rain; Butterpats (Musical group); Harris, Cliff; Mountain Faith (Musical group); Cowee Quilters; Smith, Ron; Rudi, Rachel; Blue Ridge Rounders (Musical group);
