Rising Appalachia brings to the stage a collection of sounds, stories, and songs steeped in tradition and a devotion to world culture. We’ve toured by sailboat, by train, and done some long-distance walking, We’ve talked a lot about touring by horseback. 30347 Followers. That deep sense of connection is key to understanding Rising Appalachia as a whole. Cherokee resided all throughput Appalachia hundreds of years before the settlers arrived. In 1863, a Spanish decree introduced universal education, creating free public schooling in Spanish. I think we’re very in love with studying all kinds of folk music and then taking parts of it and writing our own music that feels alive and contemporary and relevant to what’s going on around us in this day and age. 2 Keefe, Susan Emley. By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | January 14, 2021 AUSTIN — I think I can make the case that widening I-35 through Central Austin is … It was not too long after the very public revolution. Rising Appalachia was formed by two sisters, Leah and Chloe Smith, originally from Atlanta, whose parents were very much into folk music and took the young girls to the folk and bluegrass festivals they attended. Indeed, Rising Appalachia has toured British Columbia by sailboat, traversed the U.S. and Europe by train, and engaged in immersive cultural exchange programs in Bulgaria, Ireland, Southern Italy, Central and South America – not to mention the countless miles in a van. Donations from local music fans, like you, are the largest and most reliable source of funding for The Key. Music has been a driving part in many historical movements. First access to all merch. LS: Yeah, totally. For me, this represents how finding out about your ancestry gives you the tools to repair. With their seventh album Leylines out now, Rising Appalachia is still rooted in the autonomy and an underground aesthetic that characterized their independently funded, marketed, and produced first record. [2] While this does not directly concern the Native Americans in this specific location of Cades Cove, it does exhibit a very important aspect to it. I wanted to be involved in the revolutionary spirit of the movement that was happening then. Rising Appalachia. World travelers, unwavering activists, truth-seekers, and sisters Leah and Chloe Smith have borne an unprecedented genre steeped in folk, bluegrass, spoken word, hip-hop, vintage jazz, and global influences. This writer is a huge fan of socially conscious music and have always loved the sounds of both of these acts—they fight for everything I do, clean water, no fracking, indigenous … The coerced labour of indigenous peoples lasted directly up until at least the 1952 Bolivian Revolution, when the system known as pongueaje was abolished. She says that there were about an estimated 60,000 Cherokee Native Americans that resided in Appalachia. Online store management, product fulfillment, and merch production for bands, artists, and more. These rights were codified in the Ecuadorian constitution in 2008. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, he discusses the threat this scramble poses to the natural world and what can be done to sustainably meet the resource challenge. A big part of our upbringing was just to be curious about the world and people who had different beliefs and backgrounds and stories than us. 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He said, “I’m a living descendant of this person and I would like my name, my ancestor’s name, removed, and I would like the rightful name of the Lakota community put back onto this piece of property.” It was pushed through and approved and this whole piece of land was renamed. The folks doing good work on the ground are who we want to connect with and whose stories we want to hear. S’inspirant d’une vénération profonde pour la musique folklorique et d’une passion pour la justice, elles ont fait de leur vie leur travail de chanter des chansons qui parlent de quelque chose d’ancien tout en explosant de pertinence. Cades Cove is an example of the push to keep Native Americans off white man’s land. Aside from the Smith sisters, the band is often changing iterations, incorporating different artists and instruments through each tour. Explore Edmonton Public Library. Maybe sometimes it means that we’ll have local food at the at the venue, maybe other times it means that we spend a little bit of time in the region doing a hike and directly connecting with the landscape. Just like the bareness in the photo, the absence of the Cherokee Native Americans and the appreciation for their community is ghostly, disappearing with the wind. Join Leah Song of Rising Appalachia, David Satori of Dirtwire & the filmmakers at One Forest, Chelsea Greene, Antonio Melendez & Rob Grobman, for the premiere of the music video for PULSE on Friday October 2nd at 2pm ET on Rising Appalachia's Youtube Channel. The Key: Wow. He realized that he was a living descendant of a general who had done a massive amount of massacre hundreds of years back. The Native American’s would be the individuals that would help the Oliver’s survive their first winter in the harsh mountains. Sometimes it’s homeless youth education and sometimes it’s art activism. And from there you really can stand up and be an ally and in partnership with all kinds of different historical backgrounds and different movements. CARRYING TEAR GAS, BILLY CLUBS, AND PLEXIGLASS SHIELDS WITH “PORTLAND POLICE” PRINTED UPON THEM, DOZENS OF RIOT POLICE MOVED PAST THE CROWDS GATHERING TO SEE RISING APPALACHIA PLAY. This website does not rely on corporate funding, because The Key is a nonprofit public service dedicated to supporting the local music that you love with independent reporting. As time ticked, so did change in Appalachia. “Rising Appalachia has come out of this idea that we can take these traditions of southern music – that we’ve been born and raised with – and we can rise out of them, creating all these different bridges between cultures and stories to make them feel alive.” Leah says. In your writing, you’ve touched on a Western tendency to latch onto indigenous cultures, which often looks like people going into the Amazon to learn practices that are accessible. Leah and Chloe absorbed the mountain music and urban rhythms that followed them through childhood and wield both to address issues of justice that span locational dualities in their band Rising Appalachia. Tiny House Warriors Vol #1 is a compilation album made up of 30+ artists (Including Come To Life Music Collective artist Rising Appalachia & Luke Wallace) in support of Indigenous Peoples defending their traditional territories. We didn’t have very much money. You know, it gives you the ability to make good relationships and to repair damage and to know your history. Upgrade at any time. Rising Appalachia - Resilient (Official Music Video) - YouTube It felt like we could shift our focus and still be very deeply involved in change. This website does not rely on corporate funding, because The Key is a nonprofit public service dedicated to supporting the local music that you love with independent reporting. Like they’re there and they’re sort of the ghosts of our country and they’re not going away. Dubuque, Iowa: Appalachian State University, 1996. The Key: In 2015, Rising Appalachia founded the Slow Music Movement, which fosters a cultural shift in slowing down the pace of touring to intentionally connect with the communities you play for. A group particularly victim to this change is the Cherokee. What rituals and practices, if any, have you discovered through your own bloodline and how have they influenced Rising Appalachia’s music? 1 Durwood, Dunn. The rising curve is alarming federal officials, who urged the provinces during a press conference in Ottawa on Wednesday to continue prioritizing Indigenous populations as they roll out vaccines. While the individuals of Cades Cove did in fact do this, it is clear that there were flaws within in the individuals whether Dunn points it out or not.[3]. I spent some time in Columbia and I ended up staying for the bulk of my early twenties into my mid-twenties, living in and loving and immersing myself in Latin America. The next pick is Episode 4: The Bird Singers of the Southwest.. Based on the ancestral oral tradition of indigenous communities in the American Southwest and Northern Mexico, Risa Johnson tells a powerful story of language, history, and identity, as featured in The Desert Sun in California. This is where the Native Americans would have resided before the Oliver family arrived in the early 1800’s with several others to follow soon. Shop for Vinyl, CDs and more from Rising Appalachia at the Discogs Marketplace. You shared that there is power in learning about our own indigenous roots and that we all come from ancestors who had relationships with the earth and traditional medicines and rituals. National security expert Michael Klare believes the struggle for the world’s resources will be one of the defining political and environmental realities of the 21st century. Rising Appalachia’s global sound may be a large contributor to its ability to travel the world sharing music, but perhaps it’s also its belief in and dedication to social, racial and environmental justice and Indigenous rights that connects the group to so many people. Spanish was the official language of the country for more than three centuries under Spanish colonial rule, and became the lingua franca of the Philippines in the 19th and early 20th centuries. As a creative, Rivas feels like it’s his duty to be mindful and sensitive to the media he creates and to continue to tell the story of Indigenous peoples. More generally, Acemoglu and Robinson (2012, Chapters 11 and 12) and Dell (2010) discuss many mechanisms via which this could have taken place. It costs too much and does too little. I think that’s what the world wants from us, to stir up those stories and use them, use them for betterment. TK: It seems like a tenant of the Slow Music Movement is conscious activism. So at every show it’s a little bit different looking. Accessibility Help. Time is something that never waits or stops, and often Appalachia is left at the brunt of the difficulties these changes have brought. President Barack Obama made his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as president in July, 2009, speaking in Accra, Ghana. Agricultural, hunting, warfare, and survival techniques have been passed on for generations. In your TEDx Asheville talk, you said something that, in essence, suggested we’re always walking in the direction of our work and that we never get to a place where our work is done. "Susan Emley Keefe: Appalachia and Its People." The individual wound is the collective wound. Rising Appalachia Atlanta, Georgia. There’s a lot of pieces to it and also every now and then we’re able to actually physically tour slower. They, along with all the other surrounding communities not only in the Southern region of Appalachia but in the whole of Appalachia were apart of the selfish push to take on the land that was not theirs in the first place. it’s a huge undertaking, but it’s not disappearing. I feel like it’s a strange thing as citizens of the United States that we don’t speak other languages. LS: The whole band was involved in activism before we were involved in performance. And it felt really important to me to be able to speak with our neighbors. Leah also performs as a solo artist. The largest residing community that holds one group of Native Americans … Please consider a donation to help support our reporting. But they understood that one of the biggest tools they could give us was travel, and that it is a powerful way to learn a massive number of things that a fancy education would never get you. I’ll try and tell one of the most amazing stories that I know in a Cliff Note form. The Key: In addition to your Appalachian heritage, I’m curious about the other ancestral influences behind your music. What ignited your passion for activism and public service? And so instead of denying it and kind of going into to the massive amount of mourning and guilt that would come from that, he went straight in to learning more. If you believe in supporting local music with quality journalism, donate to The Key today! LS: I think what’s really valuable for us is to be using traditional music and folk music both from the American South but also from all around the world, you know, the front porch music, as a tool for storytelling, connection and cultural curiosity. Tucked between a thicket of trees and a rising bank, the house angles toward the bluff with its fifty-foot drop to the sea and view of the Olympic Mountains beyond. That the people who are the ancestors of the colonizer culture don’t know their own traditions and don’t know the bedrock of where they’ve come from. In a scene filled with so many local bands worth listening to, there will always be new music to discover. So it was a natural swing for us. Register with us today and in less than 60 seconds continue your access to: Latest news headlinesAnalytical topics and featuresCommodities videos, podcast & blogsSample market prices & dataSpecial reportsSubscriber notes & daily commodity email alerts And then we make a lot of space for the local folks, local nonprofits to come and set up information. “Indigenous peoples have endured a lot and it’s something I’ve carried with me,” he says. “Rising Appalachia has come out of this idea that we can take these traditions of southern music – that we’ve been born and raised with – and we can rise out of them, creating all these different bridges between cultures and stories to make them feel alive.” Leah says. He then worked in the Lakota tribes where his ancestor had carried out a massacre. And the us government didn’t want to do it. Music is an interesting hall pass into different communities. Download this free poster to commemorate 230 years of American diplomacy around the world! New titles, recently rated, and recently tagged by the library community. Despite their fears, the Oliver’s had arrived during the wrong time of year. In most nations, you learn the languages of your neighboring countries. As white men tore their way through Appalachia they began to destroy the social organizations of their community. They never strategized to become a full-time, official group, and didn’t even have a name when they recorded their first album over a decade ago. TK: I think we have this idea of what an activist looks and musicians aren’t typically categorized as such. Much of their music is influenced by folk, soul, and world music, composed around relevant traveling experiences. Our father was a working artist and our mother, a flight attendant for many years. He wrote a letter. Intertwining a deep reverence for folk music and a passion for ju. The conference was hosted by the LSqualli-Absch, the Nisqually People (People of the River, People of the Grass) with attendees from across the … Rising Appalachia started after that, I think as a way to bring us back into an understanding of our home as southerners. And I don’t think anybody knows the answers of how to navigate our incredibly chaotic world right now, but I think we want our music to be provoking people to ask questions of their own communities, of their own families, to figure out how to get more involved, how to get a more nuanced perspective of what injustice might look like around you. “Our music has its foundation in heritage and tradition, but … “So much art is created when there was no consent in it,” he says. I think that music transfers its affect to listeners. We can provoke those conversations in a gentle way to get people to connect a little deeper with who they are and where they come from and how they want their lives to move. 15% off all merch. Like everything tightens up and shuts down if things are brutal. Thanks to all the donors who make our public service possible!GET IN TOUCH, Did you find what you were looking for? Cades Cove, 1-21. The Native Americans generosity that winter would be at a loss years later as John Oliver, the same man they had helped survive, along with a large group of men would drive the group out. 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It’s almost ironic that the simplest way of touring is a novelty in the music industry. “Rising Appalachia has come out of this idea that we can take these traditions of southern music – that we’ve been born and raised with – and we can rise out of them, creating all these different bridges between cultures and stories to make them feel alive.” Leah says. I was doing a lot of work around indigenous communities. Stream Tracks and Playlists from Rising Appalachia on your desktop or mobile device. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1998). With no time to harvest crop before winter began, the hunger would set in. Nature and Culture in The Conasauga River Valley, Cades Cove Museum of Environmental History. In early July, two Alliance members journeyed from Appalachia to the Nisqually Territories near Olympia, WA to join the Protecting Mother Earth Conference, an event co-sponsored by the Indigenous Environmental Network and Indigenous Climate Action. Home / Rising Appalachia. [1], Susan Keefe talks briefly about Native Americans in Appalachia before white settlers came on the scene. Leah Song (born Leah Smith) is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumental musician, storyteller, poet, and activist known for her role as front woman in Rising Appalachia, with her sister Chloe Smith, incorporating sultry vocals, rhythm, banjo, guitar, ballads, dance, spoken-word and storytelling into her work.Her music is based in the traditions of Southern soul and international roots music. I think, from my work in indigenous justice and as an ally, and also in studying my own ancestry, so often what is wanted and needed is for people to know who they are and know where they come from. She says that there were about an estimated 60,000 Cherokee Native Americans that resided in Appalachia. As world travelers for nearly two decades, Rising Appalachia have merged multiple global music influences with their own southern roots to create the inviting new folk album, Leylines. Susan Keefe talks briefly about Native Americans in Appalachia before white settlers came on the scene. Rising Appalachia is an American folk music group led by multi-instrumentalist sisters Leah Song and Chloe Smith. Let us know, Copyright WXPN, The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. LS: I spent about six years living in Latin America. Tickets and more information on the concert can be found at the XPN Concert Calendar. Access to list of causes. Rising Appalachia's music is amoebic, in the sense that it is heavily influenced by situation, location, and circumstance. Remarkably the band has built its legion of listeners independently -- a self-made success story that has led to ma I think that’s a really hot topic and triggering for a lot of people, and rightfully so. And so I think there’s a lot of conversation around roots and culture and indigenous rights and cultural appropriation and the incredibly complex and painful pieces of all of that. Do you have any plans to honor the Slow Music Movement when you’re in Philadelphia? Rising Appalachia met en scène une collection de sons, d’histoires et de chansons empreints de tradition et de dévouement à la culture mondiale. It’s a way to just have conversations around a more sustainable practice in the music industry, which is really unsustainable. It makes me think about how these wounds exist, whether we decide to interrogate and repair the psycho-spiritual damage of them or not. I took Spanish lessons and I lived for about a year in Southern Mexico alongside a lot of amazing travelers and educators. Indeed, Rising Appalachia has toured British Columbia by sailboat, traversed the U.S. and Europe by train, and engaged in immersive cultural exchange programs in Bulgaria, Ireland, Southern Italy, Central and South America – not to mention the countless miles in a van. PLEDGE NOW Paul got involved in Lakota culture as a white man and then started doing his ancestral research. You shared that there is power in learning about our own indigenous roots and that we all come from ancestors who had relationships with the earth and traditional medicines and rituals. PULSE- Out Friday. LS: It’s been fairly proven that that humans and animals don’t learn from brutality. It’s a good way to put it. Appalachia Rising begins with a simple prompt for a place that’s been exploited and maligned for much of its modern history: “We can start by listening to what the people of West Virginia are interesting in seeing in the future.”. I spent a lot of time in Southern Mexico studying the Zapatista Movement and learning about art as a tool for social justice. LS: Yeah, totally. I really wanted to learn the language as well. Cades Cove, 1-21. It was a warm evening in the fall of November 2016, and the sister-led folk band was performing to a sold-out audience at the Crystal Ballroom, … I really wanted to spend more time on the ground, and I felt like the stage was a little too glittery for me. Rising Appalachia plays World Cafe Live on Thursday, November 21st. Now Native American communities have almost completely disappeared. And they collectively brought an appeal to the U S government to take the name of his ancestor off a piece of public property in the black Hills. As soon as the John Oliver arrived in Cades Cove, the first setter to arrive, there was an immediate fear of the Native Americans. The land the white man had claimed, as theirs was on the footprints of the “savages” who had so respectfully treated and loved the land before the white men even knew it existed. "So what we're saying to Canadians, to Indigenous Peoples, is now is not the time to let down your guard," Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller said. TK: Right. It was a great night to see a show on a slightly frosty Saturday evening outside of Pittsburgh, PA in late Fall. It’s a challenge. Brought to you by WXPN, a non-commercial public radio station dedicated to music discovery. The benefit featured Chloe Smith performing Rising Appalachia’s ‘Resilient‘ and ‘Speak Out‘ acoustically, along with performances and speeches by artists, indigenous leaders, and scientists such as Carlos Santana, Barbara Streisand, Nahko, Jeff Bridges, Jane Fonda, Sonia Bone Guajajara, Gregorio Diaz Mirabal, and Jane Goodall. And I think we’re living in really brutal times and actually we need to find ways to soften and feel the capacity and the compassion to make change. His wife in particular has a documented fear of the indigenous group. 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