Mountain Lore – Page 4 – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Charlotte Ross

Charlotte Ross, also known as "the Legend Lady," has collected or composed more than 3,400...

"My great-great grandma, my great-grandma, and my grandma were all herb women, called 'yarb women'"...

Robert Lynn "Bobby" McMillon, a North Carolina Folk Heritage Award recipient, was heir to numerous...

Martha Owen says that "Storytelling is something that sort of comes to you," but her...

Mike Lowe grew up in a sawmilling family in Mount Airy hearing labor stories from...

When Janice Inabinett told her aunt that she had decided to become a storyteller, her...

Born on Beech Mountain in Watauga County, Orville Hicks grew up in a family steeped...

Ila Hatter was born into a family of resourceful people. Her mother and grandmother, she...

David Holt is a four-time Grammy Award winner who has toured full-time as a folk...

Doug Elliott was raised in Maryland where he developed a passion for the natural world...

Bill Carson has owned and operated the Orchard at Altapass since 1995, immersing himself in...

"The first stories that I heard weren't at a storytelling festival," writes Gary Carden, "nor...