Appalshop

Appalshop Making art & media in the Appalachian mountains since 1969.
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Media, arts & education center - WMMT-FM producing & presenting work that celebrates the culture & voices the concerns of Appalachians & rural America.

08/20/2026

Today is and we're recognizing our very own community radio station, WMMT FM.

We first went live on November 26, 1985 as a result of years of organizing and hard work. Happy to all of our Possum Radio friends!

📸 Appalshop Archive

08/16/2026

Betty Jean Hall worked as a young attorney to fight coal company resistance towards hiring women miners in the 1970s and become an important federal administrative law judge overseeing decisions on appeals of workers’ compensation claims.

Hall would go on to establish and lead the Coal Employment Project from 1977 to 1988 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The work of the Coal Employment Project was featured in the 1982 Appalshop documentary “Coalmining Women.”

Today we remember Betty Jean and all of her pioneering work. Rest easy, friend.

📸 Appalshop, "Coalmining Women," Elizabeth Barret, 1981.

Come out tonight to this moving one man show about the amazing life of our neighbor John Rosenberg at Cowan Community Ce...
08/14/2026

Come out tonight to this moving one man show about the amazing life of our neighbor John Rosenberg at Cowan Community Center. 6pm for some soup and visiting; 7:30 for the play. And there will be discussion afterwards.

08/14/2026

He's got two albums on our record label & plays dulcimer with I.D. Stamper in our film "Sourwood Mountain Dulcimers."

Happy birthday, John McCutcheon.

📸 "Sourwood Mountain Dulcimers," Gene DuBey, 1976, Appalshop Archive preserved

📣 WE'RE HIRING! 📣We are in search of a Cataloging & Access Coordinator to work within our ever-growing and evolving Appa...
08/13/2026

📣 WE'RE HIRING! 📣

We are in search of a Cataloging & Access Coordinator to work within our ever-growing and evolving Appalshop Archive. This is a full-time position based in Jenkins, Kentucky.

See the full job description and learn how to apply at appalshop.org/workwithus

Today is National Hip-Hop Day! 🎤🎶If you're looking for a way to celebrate, consider listening to our June Appal Recordin...
08/11/2026

Today is National Hip-Hop Day! 🎤🎶

If you're looking for a way to celebrate, consider listening to our June Appal Recordings album NO OPTIONS: HIP-HOP IN APPALACHIA! It's available in CD and digital forms on Bandcamp: https://loom.ly/2RTLglc or link in our bio!

Jimmy Martin was the "King of Bluegrass."He had a personality as big as his talent — Bill Monroe hired him after singing...
08/11/2026

Jimmy Martin was the "King of Bluegrass."

He had a personality as big as his talent — Bill Monroe hired him after singing just two songs — and an inclusive spirit that led him to form a band with bluegrass' first female lead singer.

Happy birthday, Jimmy. Your music lives on today.

08/08/2026

Richard Nixon resigned on this day in 1974. Where did he go next? Leslie County, Kentucky.
Nixon made his first post-resignation public appearance right here in Eastern Kentucky in 1978.

Footage of his visit — and hollow-to-hollow vote hunting, family squabbles over candidates, and speech-making on the courthouse steps — are all part of our 1982 film "The Big Lever: Party Politics in Leslie County, KY."

Watch the film here: https://loom.ly/YNSpum0

📸 Appalshop, “The Big Lever,” Frances Morton, 1982.

#1978

It's Bandcamp Friday! 🎵 On this special day, Bandcamp waives its revenue share, ensuring that all proceeds go directly t...
08/07/2026

It's Bandcamp Friday! 🎵 On this special day, Bandcamp waives its revenue share, ensuring that all proceeds go directly to artists.

Support us by exploring our entire June Appal Recordings catalog! Find your new favorite album here: https://loom.ly/HBQUvOg

08/05/2026

"If multi-nationals are able to impose their will on this country, we'll see a future where oil & gas take preference over children, where education doesn't matter as much as a dollar ... they've lost all social conscience."
— Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO

Rest easy, Richard. Your work lives on.

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P. O. Box 1325
Whitesburg, KY
41858

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Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm

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