NewsMarino’s Forever: Marino’s Lunch to Reopen
Famed Staunton jam spot and burger joint Marino’s Lunch has been closed since 2017. After extensive renovations the doors open this weekend.
NewsEarl White – Folklife Fieldnotes Episode 3
Earl White is a fiddler, founding member of the Green Grass Cloggers, and leader of the Earl White Stringband. Produced in partnership with WMRA.
NewsWalter Messick: The Legacy of a Luthier
By Pat Jarrett I was recently chatting with Chris Testerman about his friend and mentor Walter Messick. “That generation [of luthiers] is all but gone now, those who continued on …
NewsAnnouncing the Folklife Fieldnotes Podcast
Announcing a new podcast from WMRA and the Virginia Folklife Program. New episodes to be released the last Friday of every month.
EventJoe Troop of Che Apalache
We are excited to co-host a performance by Joe Troop who will perform with his quartet at the Front Porch. Troop is a long-time friend of the Folklife Program, and …
NewsSkip Herman – Folklife Fieldnotes Episode 2
Skip Herman is a world-renowned instrument repairman from Frog Level Guitar Shop in Abingdon, Virginia. This podcast is produced in partnership with WMRA.
NewsSeries Intro – Folklife Fieldnotes Episode 1
WMRA’s Chris Boros at Pat Jarrett from The Virginia Folklife Program at Virginia Humanities preview what’s to come on Folklife Fieldnotes.
NewsApprenticeship Application Deadline Extended
We’ve extended the application deadline for our 2022-2023 Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Class to March 1! If you practice a traditional folkway here in Virginia and have a student you’d like …
NewsNew Virginia State Folklorist Announced
Charlottesville—Virginia Humanities announced today that Katy Clune will be serving as the new State Folklorist and director of the Virginia Folklife Program. As the daughter of a Foreign Service officer, …
NewsMac Traynham and Ashlee Watkins
Mac Traynham said that there’s a family-like connection in the music communities of southwest Virginia, and it’s why he’s devoted his life to it.
NewsNew Virginia State Folklorist Announced
Katy Clune will be the new State Folklorist and director of the Virginia Folklife Program.
NewsWalter “Skip” Herman and K.T. Vandyke
Walter “Skip” Herman learned to build guitars from “Uncle” Dave Sturgill around the same time Wayne Henderson did, but Herman became known for his repair skills.
