In this event, recorded on February 4, 2026, Encyclopedia Virginia Managing Editor Patti Miller and folklorists Daniel Bachman and Aldona Dye discuss the career and legacy of famed Appalachian ballad singer Texas Gladden.
They are joined by Elizabeth LaPrelle, who reflects on the influence Gladden has had on her music as she brings traditional ballads into the twenty-first century.
EventThis free event will feature presentations from folklorists around the state, information about Virginia Folklore Society membership, and discussion of goals for the future of the Society. Hope to see …
NewsIn Common and Virginia Folklife join Fonseca Holman and Gloria Johnson from Positive Force Line Steppaz in Buckingham County to talk about soul line dancing–which is so much more than …
EventThe Jones, a genealogy and history library in Lynchburg, Virginia, hosts an exhibit about Lynchburg and the Great War, 1914 -1918 in the library Reading Room. Open to the public …
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