2004 – Issue 2 (April)
Music For the Mountains
During the month of April, Falling Mountain Music’s website will feature a song by Appalachian Voices own Associate Executive Director, Mary Anne Hitt, as their MP3 of the month. The song, “The Most Beautiful Place in the World,” is one of thirteen by various artists on the benefit album Moving Mountains: Voices of Appalachia Rise…
Read MoreMoving Mountains
Willie Nelson’s stage manager once called the country music legend “the king of the common man,” so it’s no surprise that Nelson has thrown his support behind a new album entitled Moving Mountains: Voices of Appalachia Rise Up Against Mountaintop Removal. The album features musicians from across Appalachia who have come together to help their…
Read MoreThe Raven: Oracle of the High Peaks
Growing up on the Blue Ridge, I frequently heard the strange call of a bird near the crest of the escarpment. The call had a watery, gargling sound. My grandfather identified the bird as a “rain-crow,” and often planned our farm work in response to the call. He explained that the cry of a rain-crow…
Read MoreThe Real “Chicken Littles”
During the negotiations leading up to the Clean Air Act of 1970, Ford Motor Company issued a warning that the act “could prevent continued production of automobiles,” and “is a threat to the entire American economy and to every person in America.” Similarly, shortly before the Clean Air Act was strengthened in 1990, the National…
Read MoreLeading the Way For Clean Air in the Southeast
images/voice_uploads/ContentsMarshall.gif On a warm, mid-February day of this year, North Carolina Governor Mike Easley joined dignitaries from across the state in Catawba County to witness the groundbreaking of a new “scrubber” at Duke Energy’s Marshall Steam Station. This sophisticated air pollution filter is one of the first new devices put in place as a result…
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