Two years in the making, the two-CD set Music of Coal: Mining Songs from the Appalachian Coalfields collects 48 songs addressing various aspects of coalmining history and culture, including black lung ...

Coal mining women / H. Dickens (3:56) --Drag lines / D. Silverstein (2:49) --Blue diamond mines / J. Ritchie (3:57) -- Coal miner's grave / H. Dickens (5:25) --Hello ...

Nimrod Workman was 77 years old when he first entered the recording studio. More than 50 years later, the young producer who helped capture the tracks remembers his friend’s unparalleled impact.

Top selling country artist Kathy Mattea performs music from her #1 Bluegrass release, Coal, as her "Moving Mountains Tour" comes to The Community Theatre on Thursday, July 17th at 8 pm. Tickets are ...

Merle Travis, who penned the timeless country hit "Sixteen Tons," was born Nov. 29, 1917, in Rosewood, Kentucky.

NEW YORK — At the very beginning of the new play “Coal Country,” we are told it is “a West Virginia story about 29 men and a big machine.” This is an understated way to inform the audience that what ...