Appalshop News

Nimrod Workman Enters the National Recording Registry

Nimrod Workman was a Kentucky-born coal miner, trade unionist, and folk singer who worked in the mines from age fourteen until black lung…

Seedtime on the Cumberland 2025

SAVE THE DATE! Seedtime on the Cumberland—Appalshop's FREE festival featuring music, art, local crafters, and food—will be held June…

Welcome Appalshop's New Archive Director!

Appalshop is proud to welcome our new Archive Director, Chad Hunter, back to Appalshop. Chad was a co-founding archivist of the Appalshop…

June Appal’s Groundbreaking Appalachian Hip-Hop Album

On August 2, June Appal Recordings is releasing No Options: Hip-Hop in Appalachia ! Even better, you can preorder it through Bandcamp now…

Where is Appalshop?

Many of you have asked about where Appalshop is physically these days. Great question! We actually have a few spaces in which we are…

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Apply Now to the 2025 Summer Documentary Institute!

The Appalachian Media Institute (AMI) is accepting applications for our annual Summer Documentary Institute until April 30. Since 1988, the…

Hello, New WMMT Studio!

We are proud to share that WMMT-FM is moving into their new studio at 253A E. Main Street in downtown Whitesburg. Although the Possum Den,…

Aiding Appalachian Mental Health + a New CMI Film

In late fall 2024, Appalachia Media Institute Program Manager Tommy Anderson led a series of Mental Health First Aid training courses for…

Appalachian Flood Support Resources

In February 2025, Eastern Kentucky experienced another catastrophic flood. We are updating this page, originally made for the 2022 floods,…