"We have one resource left, and it’s our people—and we have to protect that" - John Bowman Watch "Bootstraps" and "Signed Above; Felt Below" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/xdoDVeM 🎥: Appalachian Media Institute, "Bootstraps, Signed Above; Felt Below," Riley Nunley and Hannah Damron, 2025.

We are officially HALFWAY through the 2025 Fall Fund Drive! Have you made your donation yet? Make one now at wmmt.org/donate! Remember to tune in now through October 1 at 88.7FM or online at wmmt.org to join in on the birthday fun!

What better time to support the place Jim Webb loved than on his birthday? Thank you to Appalshop Alum Robert Salyer for making his donation in memory of Jim. Leave us a birthday message and gift at wmmt.org/donate! Listen at 88.7FM or wmmt.org for your favorite shows and special guests and events!

Jim Webb would have been celebrating his birthday today. We feel his loss keenly still — but we know Wiley Quixote would want us to recall his spirit in celebration, especially in days like these. Miss you, Jim.

"I don’t want to imagine a world without [public radio]. That’s why I give. That’s why everyone should give!" We couldn't agree more, Rachel! Leave us a birthday message and gift at wmmt.org/donate! Tune in at 88.7FM or wmmt.org to catch your favorite shows and hear special guests and events!

We love hearing from long-time listeners! Thanks for sticking with us, friends! 💚 Head over to wmmt.org/donate to leave us a birthday message and gift! And don't forget to tune in at 88.7FM or wmmt.org during our drive (9/17 - 10/1) to catch your favorite shows and hear special guests and events!

“I will never be free from the things that oppress me unless and until I am actively working towards the liberation of somebody else.” - Beckie Rose-Bowman https://loom.ly/xdoDVeM 🎥: Appalachian Media Institute, "Bootstraps, Signed Above; Felt Below," Riley Nunley and Hannah Damron, 2025.

Elandria Williams was a brilliant thinker, organizer, and leader who taught us all how to organize with love and care. Rest in power, E. We miss you.

Public radio is pretty great, isn't it? That's why we need YOUR help to keep our beloved station chugging along for 40 more years! Leave us a birthday message and gift and wmmt.org/donate! Tune in at 88.7FM or wmmt.org to the drive to catch your favorite shows and hear special guests and events!

The family obsession with music preservation that would span four generations started with John Lomax. As a field recorder of rural American music, John collected 10,000+ work songs, cowboy songs, ballads, and blues. Today, we're still documenting & amplifying rural American music. Rest easy, John.

And WE appreciate y'all listening and supporting our little station! 💚 Head over to wmmt.org/donate to leave us a birthday message and gift! And don't forget to tune in at 88.7FM or wmmt.org during our two-week drive (9/17 - 10/1) to catch your favorite shows and hear special guests and events!

And WE appreciate y'all listening and supporting our little station! 💚 Head over to wmmt.org/donate to leave us a birthday message and gift! And don't forget to tune in at 88.7FM or wmmt.org during our two-week drive (9/17 - 10/1) to catch your favorite shows and hear special guests and events!

Happy hire anniversary to Tiffany Sturdivant, our Executive Director 💖 When she's not working, she loves organizing and is a voting rights advocate, and her favorite Appalshop film is "His Eye is on the Sparrow." We're lucky to have her!

Time is almost up to get the September Pay-What-You-Want album This month only, get a digital download of Earl Gilmore's 1977 blues + gospel album "From the Depths of My Soul" and name your own price! https://loom.ly/RvHl_E0 🎵: "From the Depths of My Soul," Earl Gilmore, June Appal Records, 1977.

It's DAY TWO of the fund drive and we're off to a great start 🎉 We're receiving lots of lovely notes over on our donation page, like this one from Anna (We love YOU, too!) Head over to wmmt.org/donate to leave us a birthday message and gift!

Did you know that ~90% of our YouTube viewers aren't subscribed? If you'd like to keep up with our weekly film releases and content updates, don't forget to subscribe and hit the notification bell! www.youtube.com/appalshop 🎵 Appalshop, "Lonesome Pine," The Payroll Boys, June Appal Records, 1983

A new month = a new Pay-What-You-Want album! 🎶 In September, get a digital download of Earl Gilmore's 1977 blues + gospel album "From the Depths of My Soul" and name your own price! https://loom.ly/RvHl_E0 🎵: "From the Depths of My Soul," Earl Gilmore, June Appal Records, 1977.

"It takes guts to be a drag queen." —John Polly Watch "Drag Me Home" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/op9y5CA 🎥: Appalachian Media Institute, “Drag Me Home,” Deladis Haywood and Jessica Wright, 2025.

📣We're hiring for our radio station WMMT! 📣 We're searching for a General Manager who will help carry forward WMMT's mission and keep the station thriving as a voice and resource for mountain people. Details and how to apply: appalshop.org/wmmtgm

Happy hire anniversary (9/13) to Aaron Asbury, our Appalshop Films Program Manager! When he's not working, he loves nerdy stuff like reading and DND, and his favorite Appalshop film is "Bright Morning Stars." We're lucky to have him!

Happy hire anniversary to Appalshop Filmmaker Oakley Fugate! When he's not working, he loves photography and hiking, and his favorite Appalshop films are "Chairmaker" and "Stranger with a Camera." We're lucky to have him!

A new month = a new Pay-What-You-Want album! 🎶 In September, get a digital download of Earl Gilmore's 1977 blues + gospel album "From the Depths of My Soul" and name your own price! https://loom.ly/RvHl_E0 🎵: "From the Depths of My Soul," Earl Gilmore, June Appal Records, 1977.

Lordy, lordy look who's 40! We’re kicking off 40 years with our Fall Fund Drive, Sept 17–Oct 1! Celebrate the greatest station in the WHIRLED at 88.7FM or wmmt.org with shows, guests, events & more! Want to give early? Donate now at wmmt.org/donate. 🎨: Robert Gipe

"Coming into recovery, ... that's one of the biggest things they do, man: they tell you they love you." —Anthony Carter in "Leave It At The Loom" Watch "Leave It At The Loom" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/Q4CyN8c 🎥: AMI, “Leave It At The Loom,” Olivia Conley and Grace Adams, 2025.

📣We're hiring for our radio station WMMT! 📣 We're searching for a General Manager who will help carry forward WMMT's mission and keep the station thriving as a voice and resource for mountain people. Details and how to apply: appalshop.org/wmmtgm

"Leave It At The Loom" is a story of struggle transformed into strength, and of weaving as both heritage and hope. Watch "Leave It At The Loom" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/Q4CyN8c 🎥: Appalachian Media Institute, “Leave It At The Loom,” Olivia Conley and Grace Adams, 2025.

In the quiet rhythm of the loom, some carry forward traditions of teaching, music, and craft, while others finds in each thread a path of recovery. Watch "Leave It At The Loom" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/Q4CyN8c 🎥: AMI, “Leave It At The Loom,” Olivia Conley and Grace Adams, 2025.

A new month = a new Pay-What-You-Want album! 🎶 In September, get a digital download of Earl Gilmore's 1977 blues + gospel album "From the Depths of My Soul" and name your own price! https://loom.ly/RvHl_E0 🎵: "From the Depths of My Soul," Earl Gilmore, June Appal Records, 1977.

Come out, come out! Join us TOMORROW Friday, Sept 5th at 6 PM at UVA-Wise's Gilliam Center for the Arts for a FREE community screening of "The Indelible Appalachians" by History Before Us. Additionally, stay after the screening for an Artist Talk and organized panel with director Frederick Murphy.

📣We're hiring for our radio station WMMT! 📣 We're searching for a General Manager who will help carry forward WMMT's mission and keep the station thriving as a voice and resource for mountain people. Details and how to apply: appalshop.org/wmmtgm

Thousands of miners fought hired company guns in the woods of Blair Mountain, where — to tell themselves apart — they tied red handkerchiefs around their necks. They became known as the "Red Neck Army" — one etymology of the word "redneck." 📷: Library of Congress

"Interview your elders, map your community, write your local history. Who lives where and why? Who owns the land, minerals, resources? Who is rich and who is poor? Who has power and who is powerless?" - Helen Matthew Lewis Rest easy, Helen. Your work will live on through all of us.

In 1974, Robert Gumpert traveled to Harlan Co, KY to document the Brookside Coal strike, made famous by 1976 film "Harlan County, USA." His images capture the people that lived through one of the most dramatic labor battles in UMWA history. 📸 Robert Gumpert, courtesy of Appalshop Archive

We are saddened by the loss of Brandon Robinson, WYMT’s Chief Forecaster. He guided central Appalachia through many climate disasters, and after a 2016 brain cancer diagnosis, he and his wife founded Grey Matters Whitesburg, Inc. to support brain cancer warriors and survivors. Rest easy, Brandon.

We lost Elaine Purkey — an incredible singer, songwriter, activist, and labor organizer in West Virginia — to COVID on September 2nd in 2020, and we miss her still. Rest in power, Elaine. Your work lives on today. 📸"Justice in the Coalfields," Anne Lewis, 1995, Appalshop Archive preserved

A new month = a new Pay-What-You-Want album! 🎶 In September, get a digital download of Earl Gilmore's 1977 blues + gospel album "From the Depths of My Soul" and name your own price! https://loom.ly/RvHl_E0 🎵: "From the Depths of My Soul," Earl Gilmore, June Appal Records, 1977.

ENDS TODAY! Get your digital download of "All Join Hands!: Traditional Music for Square Dancing" by musicians like John Harrod, Jesse Wells, Rich Kirby, and more on our Bandcamp page and name your own price! https://loom.ly/DnPMMHQ 🎵: "All Join Hands!" Various Musicians, June Appal Records, 2005.

Buell Kazee made records in the 1920s, but he hit it big in the '60s during the American folk music revival, performing with musicians like Doc Watson at the Newport Folk Festival. Rest easy, Buell. Your music lives on today. 📸 Appalshop, "Buell Kazee," June Appal Recordings, 1978

The UMW strike made famous in "Harlan County, USA" ended on August 30, 1974 after over a year on strike. They persisted despite being shot at & undermined by strike breakers. Today we honor them — and all still fighting in our mountains for a better life. 📸 Appalshop Archive, Robert Gumpert, 1973

Ray Hicks, famed storyteller and National Heritage Award recipient, had an album on our label in 1989 — and we even made a film about him. Happy Birthday, Ray. Your stories live on. Watch the full film here: https://loom.ly/BrkHvZk 📸 "Fixin' to Tell About Jack," Elizabeth Barret, 1974

LAST WEEK! Get your digital download of "All Join Hands!: Traditional Music for Square Dancing" by musicians like John Harrod, Jesse Wells, Rich Kirby, and more on our Bandcamp page and name your own price! https://loom.ly/DnPMMHQ 🎵: "All Join Hands!" Various Musicians, June Appal Records, 2005.

📣We're hiring for our radio station WMMT! 📣 We're searching for a General Manager who will help carry forward WMMT's mission and keep the station thriving as a voice and resource for mountain people. Details and how to apply: appalshop.org/wmmtgm

"A fine job of showing what happens when we open the windows separating the different worlds of America." —Video Rating Guide for Libraries Watch "Open Windows" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/zWAfmjQ 📸 Appalshop, "Open Windows," Anne Lewis, 1991

The program includes excerpts of performances by the New Orleans based Junebug Productions and more! Watch "Open Windows" on YouTube: https://loom.ly/zWAfmjQ 📸 Appalshop, "Open Windows," Anne Lewis, 1991

Register now for Rural Assembly Everywhere, a virtual gathering of the Rural Assembly, on Sept 17 @ 1 PM ET. This event brings together people from across the country who care deeply about their rural places, neighbors, and community issues. Learn more & register: www.ruralassembly.org/everywhere.

LAST WEEK! Get your digital download of "All Join Hands!: Traditional Music for Square Dancing" by musicians like John Harrod, Jesse Wells, Rich Kirby, and more on our Bandcamp page and name your own price! https://loom.ly/DnPMMHQ 🎵: "All Join Hands!" Various Musicians, June Appal Records, 2005.

Open Windows documents the Festival which took place in eastern Kentucky and southwest Virginia in 1988. Watch "Open Windows" on YouTube here: https://loom.ly/zWAfmjQ 📸 Appalshop, "Open Windows," Anne Lewis, 1991

Today in 1921, miners began marching towards Blair Mountain, the largest labor uprising in US history. "I'm still a union man in my heart...I'm still fighting," said Nimrod Workman. He was there. 📷 "Nimrod Workman: To Fit My Own Category," Scott Faulkner, Anthony Slone, 1975.

During August, get a digital download of "All Join Hands!: Traditional Music for Square Dancing" by musicians like John Harrod, Jesse Wells, Rich Kirby, and more on our Bandcamp page and name your own price! https://loom.ly/DnPMMHQ 🎵: "All Join Hands!" Various Musicians, June Appal Records, 2005.

Today is #NationalRadioDay and we're recognizing our very own community radio station, WMMT FM. We first went live on November 26, 1985 as a result of years of organizing and hard work. Happy #NationalRadioDay, Possum Radio. 📸 Appalshop Archive