Rising Appalachia LIVE from Lambeth Lounge, Dec 30
By Folk Department
In advance of their New Year’s Eve extravaganza at The Jefferson Theater in Charlottesville (details), Rising Appalachia will descend upon WTJU’s Lambeth Lounge on Wednesday afternoon, December 30, around 5 (est) for a live performance and conversation from the Lambeth Lounge. You are invited to be part of the studio audience for this live broadcast. Doors open at 4:30.
Sisters Leah Song and Chloe Smith tear into sound with sensual prowess as stages ignite revolutions and words light up soul fires. Listen to their beautiful sound for banjo and fiddle duets and poetic harmonies like only sisters can do… Joined full-time by their beloved band, Biko Casini on percussion, and David Brown on stand up bass and baritone guitar, expect everything from folk standards to jazz, to New Orleans soul, to old mountain traditionals, to activist anthems, as their style redefines folk music as a truly living art. Using sound as a tool to spark a cultural revolution and birth a new movement, come join them as they create soul sounds for us all….