This week on Mountain Talk, in honor of Hallowe’en (yes, on this show, we use the apostrophe), we’ve got a whole show full of ‘haint’ tales and spooky stories, told by mountain people, from across the Appalshop & WMMT archives. We’ll hear about a spirit appearing to Letcher County logging workers in the 1930’s; a hungry witch, who shows up out of thin air at a remote campfire; a bossy ghost; someone seeing the devil on her bedroom ceiling; an angel who shows up needing a place to crash for the night; and even a mysterious blue light that appeared one night to Letcher Co. master banjo player Morgan Sexton. Among the many voices featured this week are that of Knott Co.’s Florida Slone, and the nationally-renowned North Carolina storyteller Ray Hicks.
(Music in this episode is from: Tommy Hunter, from the record “Deep in Tradition” on our own June Appal Records; Morgan Sexton, from the record “Rock Dust,” also on June Appal; and by Debbie Grim, from the June Appal record “Banjer Days.” All three of these records can be purchased or streamed for free at our Bandcamp page: https://juneappalrecordings.bandcamp.com/.)
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This week on Mountain Talk, in honor of Hallowe’en (yes, on this show, we use the apostrophe), we’ve got a whole show full of ‘haint’ tales and spooky stories, told by mountain people, from across the Appalshop & WMMT archives. We’ll hear about a spirit appearing to Letcher County logging workers in the 1930’s; a hungry witch, who shows up out of thin air at a remote campfire; a bossy ghost; someone seeing the devil on her bedroom ceiling; an angel who shows up needing a place to crash for the night; and even a mysterious blue light that appeared one night to Letcher Co. master banjo player Morgan Sexton. Among the many voices featured this week are that of Knott Co.’s Florida Slone, and the nationally-renowned North Carolina storyteller Ray Hicks.
(Music in this episode is from: Tommy Hunter, from the record “Deep in Tradition” on our own June Appal Records; Morgan Sexton, from the record “Rock Dust,” also on June Appal; and by Debbie Grim, from the June Appal record “Banjer Days.” All three of these records can be purchased or streamed for free at our Bandcamp page: https://juneappalrecordings.bandcamp.com/.)
On this episode of Mewz for Mountain Talk; Sleeping in the Woods Festival, recorded on location in Monticello, Kentucky in the 48 hours after the May 16th tornadoes. Hear the artists, in their own words, describe the feeling of the weekend, and how music can help us process and heal after the unexpected. Featuring conversations with Nicholas Jamerson, Jonathan Smithwick, Tori Forsyth, Cody Christian, and Maya De Vitry, and your host, Crystal Jones.
WMMT Public Affairs & Podcasts
This week on Mountain Talk, in honor of Hallowe’en (yes, on this show, we use the apostrophe), we’ve got a whole show full of ‘haint’ tales and spooky stories, told by mountain people, from across the Appalshop & WMMT archives. We’ll hear about a spirit appearing to Letcher County logging workers in the 1930’s; a hungry witch, who shows up out of thin air at a remote campfire; a bossy ghost; someone seeing the devil on her bedroom ceiling; an angel who shows up needing a place to crash for the night; and even a mysterious blue light that appeared one night to Letcher Co. master banjo player Morgan Sexton. Among the many voices featured this week are that of Knott Co.’s Florida Slone, and the nationally-renowned North Carolina storyteller Ray Hicks.
(Music in this episode is from: Tommy Hunter, from the record “Deep in Tradition” on our own June Appal Records; Morgan Sexton, from the record “Rock Dust,” also on June Appal; and by Debbie Grim, from the June Appal record “Banjer Days.” All three of these records can be purchased or streamed for free at our Bandcamp page: https://juneappalrecordings.bandcamp.com/.)
