AWOL: Bringing New Stories To the Screen
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Photograph by Irit Reinheimer AWOL is a love story. It is a rural love story, and a lesbian love story, and a story about the choices that young…
Gasland & The Language Of The Natural Gas Debate
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Aerial photography of natural gas drilling sites from SkyTruth Documentarian Josh Fox is currently at work on a sequel to his much-discussed film Gasland, a second chapter set…
Notes From The Field: Blues, Ballads, & Bluegrass
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Still from Blues, Ballads, & Bluegrass By Jennifer Joy Jameson, Notes From The Field editor On a recent trip home to visit my folks in California,…
Bringing It To The Table
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Arkansas State Folklorist Mike Luster at the Roundtable; Jennifer Joy Jameson By Rachel Reynolds Luster, Contributing Editor Last month Art of The Rural joined a host of artists…
A Carter Family Flash Mob & The Winding Stream
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
photograph from The Winding Stream Last week a flash mob convened at the Portland, Oregon Saturday Market and sang the Carter Family classic “Will The Circle Be Unbroken.” …
Affirmed: Nathan Salsburg and the Kentucky Derby
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Photograph by Tim Furnish This weekend’s Kentucky Derby offers a fresh chance for folks to revisit the work of musician, writer, and editor Nathan Salsburg. As many readers…
Where The Mountains And The Movies Meet
Friday, April 6, 2012
By Rachel Reynolds Luster, Contributing Editor Batesville, Arkansas sits nestled in the Ozark foothills. The town is small with a population hovering between nine and ten thousand and…
The Affrilachian Artist Project
Monday, March 26, 2012
Remembering China Sparrow; Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier We would like to start off this week with news of a effort that seeks to expand both cultural and artistic awareness: The…
Two For Mardi Gras
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Zulu Parade 2010 King Jimmie L Felder; Eliot Kamenitz, Times Picayune Here’s two videos with a bit of Mardi Gras spirit. First, from the Alan Lomax Archive Channel,…
A Rye Whiskey Rural Arts Metaphor
Friday, February 17, 2012
Templeton’s home-grown rye crop; Brewvana [Editor’s Note: As I am facing numerous writing deadlines over the second half of February, this seems like a good time to give…
