It's Bandcamp Friday! 🎵 The day when Bandcamp waives its revenue share, ensuring that all proceeds go directly to artists.
Support us by exploring our extensive June Appal Recordings catalog.
Find your new favorite album here: https://loom.ly/HBQUvOg
A new month = a new Pay-What-You-Want album!
March’s pick is “Gems,” featuring rare 1968–1983 recordings by Kentucky clawhammer banjo and fiddle player Lily May Ledford of Powell Co.
Download here: https://loom.ly/DN8cH2w
🎵: "Gems," Lily May Ledford, June Appal Records, 2000.
Next week marks the 50th anniversary of the Scotia Mine Disaster, one of the deadliest mining disasters in US history. The tragedy occurred in Letcher Co, KY and has left a lasting impact on our region.
Now find all of our content about Scotia in one playlist on YouTube: https://loom.ly/xw5FxW0
“Featuring fabulous performances, Smith takes us on a delightful, old-time music journey.”—Northwest Film Center, Portland Art Museum
Watch the film here: https://loom.ly/Bc_0vbA
📸 Appalshop, “The Ralph Stanley Story,” Herb E. Smith, 2000
The Stanley sound is true old-time, mountain style bluegrass music. This film tells Ralph’s story through interviews with those who know him best.
Watch the film here: https://loom.ly/Bc_0vbA
📸 Appalshop, “The Ralph Stanley Story,” Herb E. Smith, 2000
It's #WomensHistoryMonth, and we're celebrating all month long by highlighting Appalshop Films and Appalachian Media Institute work made by and about women.
Now find these productions all in one place—our new Women's History Month playlist on YouTube: https://loom.ly/Uun3UZA
For decades, Ralph Stanley’s banjo playing, haunting tenor voice and tradition-inspired repertoire have epitomized old time bluegrass music. This documentary explores Stanley’s musical roots.
Watch the film here: https://loom.ly/Bc_0vbA
📸 Appalshop, “The Ralph Stanley Story,” Herb E. Smith, 2000
“Captures in gripping detail how the effects of a disaster like the Buffalo Creek flood can continue to haunt the sturdiest of people even years later.” — Yale University
Watch the full film here: https://loom.ly/HDlu6ds
📸 Appalshop, “Buffalo Creek Flood Revisited,” Mimi Pickering, 1984
The album cover for Look At The People by Pigmeat Jarret. It shows a light blue background with a yellow tulip pattern and a close up portrait of James "Pigmeat" Jarrett - an older Black man wearing a black hat - in the foreground.
This month's PWYW album is Pigmeat Jarrett's "Look At The People"
Georgia-born Jarrett moved to a mining camp in Rockhouse, KY as a young boy. His family later moved to Cincinnati, where he would go on to make an indelible mark on the city's piano blues sound.
Get it here: https://loom.ly/7lQjVJk
“A powerful and sensitive treatment of a lingering human tragedy.” — Library Journal
“An eye-opening revelation.”— Booklist
"Buffalo Creek Revisited" is now on YouTube! Watch the full film here: https://loom.ly/HDlu6ds
📸 Appalshop, “Buffalo Creek Flood Revisited,” Mimi Pickering, 1984
Black and white photo of a road along a train track devastated after a flood.
Filmed ten years after the flood, Buffalo Creek Revisited looks at the second disaster on Buffalo Creek: the survivors' efforts to rebuild.
Watch the full film here: https://loom.ly/HDlu6ds
📸 Appalshop, “Buffalo Creek Flood Revisited,” Mimi Pickering, 1984
A graphic promoting Appalshop's newest newsletter available to read on their website, about the passing of Elizabeth Barret. The graphic features a photograph of Elizabeth, an elderly white woman with shoulder length brown hair wearing a white shirt, brown and white scarf, and yellow jacket, smiling, with the text overlay: "Remembering Elizabeth Barret, 1951-2026"
A new newsletter is now live on our website!
We’re continuing to honor Elizabeth Barret, an early Appalshop filmmaker who passed away this month, reflecting on her documentary work and lasting contributions as founder of the Archive preserving Appalachian history and culture. appalshop.org/news
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
The album cover for Look At The People by Pigmeat Jarret. It shows a light blue background with a yellow tulip pattern and a close up portrait of James "Pigmeat" Jarrett - an older Black man wearing a black hat - in the foreground.
This month's PWYW album is Pigmeat Jarrett's "Look At The People"
Georgia-born Jarrett moved to a mining camp in Rockhouse, KY as a young boy. His family later moved to Cincinnati, where he would go on to make an indelible mark on the city's piano blues sound.
Get it here: https://loom.ly/7lQjVJk
The album cover for Look At The People by Pigmeat Jarret. It shows a light blue background with a yellow tulip pattern and a close up portrait of James "Pigmeat" Jarrett - an older Black man wearing a black hat - in the foreground.
This month's PWYW album is Pigmeat Jarrett's "Look At The People"
Georgia-born Jarrett moved to a mining camp in Rockhouse, KY as a young boy. His family later moved to Cincinnati, where he would go on to make an indelible mark on the city's piano blues sound.
Get it here: https://loom.ly/7lQjVJk
A black and white photo of Elizabeth Barret, a white women with long brown hair tied back wearing a long sleeved shirt, posing with a camera. The text overlay reads: "Here in this place, I became a neighbor, a wife, and mother with a camera."
The legacy and impact of Elizabeth Barret is felt deep and wide — throughout Kentucky, Appalachia, the US, and beyond.
We would love to hear all your stories and memories about Liz, her work, and her impact on your life, personal or professional. Feel free to share in the comments below!
A blue hue photograph of Elizabeth Barret, a white woman with shoulder length hair sitting in front of an editing station, with the text overlay: "The Elizabeth Barret Playlist. Now available on our YouTube channel."
While Elizabeth Barret is best known for Stranger with a Camera, she directed several other films at Appalshop. Now you can watch her work in one place through a special YouTube playlist. Stay tuned for more uploads!
Watch here: https://loom.ly/HCs9HH8
“A quietly incisive and sublime examination of media power … Top of the List.”— Booklist
Watch the film here: https://loom.ly/8jV50yg
📸 David Stephenson, Lexington Herald-Leader
The album cover for Look At The People by Pigmeat Jarret. It shows a light blue background with a yellow tulip pattern and a close up portrait of James "Pigmeat" Jarrett - an older Black man wearing a black hat - in the foreground.
This month's PWYW album is Pigmeat Jarrett's "Look At The People"
Georgia-born Jarrett moved to a mining camp in Rockhouse, KY as a young boy. His family later moved to Cincinnati, where he would go on to make an indelible mark on the city's piano blues sound.
Get it here: https://loom.ly/7lQjVJk
“A provocative moral inquiry but also a vivid portrait of a place and time.”— The New York Times
Watch the film here: https://loom.ly/8jV50yg
📸 Appalshop, “Stranger With A Camera,” Elizabeth Barret, 2000
In honor of filmmaker, archivist, mother, wife, and beloved friend Elizabeth Barret, for the first time you can now watch "Stranger With A Camera" for free on our YouTube page.
Watch the film here: https://loom.ly/8jV50yg
📸 Appalshop, “Stranger With A Camera,” Elizabeth Barret, 2000
It's Bandcamp Friday! 🎵 The day when Bandcamp waives its revenue share, ensuring that all proceeds go directly to artists.
Support us by exploring our extensive June Appal Recordings catalog.
Find your new favorite album here: https://loom.ly/HBQUvOg
In late 2025, Kentucky Power proposed to the Kentucky Public Service Commission a 14.9% rate increase for residential customers and a 13-15% commercial and industrial customers.
Watch the film here: https://loom.ly/UuRjXOk
📸 Appalshop, “What is the Rate?,” Nik Lee, 2026
The album cover for Look At The People by Pigmeat Jarret. It shows a light blue background with a yellow tulip pattern and a close up portrait of James "Pigmeat" Jarrett - an older Black man wearing a black hat - in the foreground.
This month's PWYW album is Pigmeat Jarrett's "Look At The People"
Georgia-born Jarrett moved to a mining camp in Rockhouse, KY as a young boy. His family later moved to Cincinnati, where he would go on to make an indelible mark on the city's piano blues sound.
Get it here: https://loom.ly/7lQjVJk
“A humanistic examination of a coal miners’ strike. The filmmakers let the parties involved speak for themselves, and no other commentary is needed …”— Rod Granger, Expo XXI
Watch the film here: https://loom.ly/6qQ7nic
📸 Appalshop, “Mine War on Blackberry Creek,” Anne Lewis, 1987
Mine War on Blackberry Creek reports on the long and bitter United Mine Workers of America strike in 1984 against A.T. Massey
Watch the film here: https://loom.ly/6qQ7nic
📸 Appalshop, “Mine War on Blackberry Creek,” Anne Lewis, 1987
Enjoy this recording of the Hallelujah Singers performing at the 1994 Seedtime on the Cumberland festival.
🎵: The Hallelujah Singers, Appalshop Archive preserved, 1994.
A black and white album cover featuring a photograph of a man in a suit playing a banjo with the text "Buell Kazee" above.
Get your January Pay-What-You-Want album!
This month's album is Buell Kazee's 1978 self-titled album. From Burton Fork, KY, Kazee was a country & folk singer who made records in the 20s, but hit it big in the 60s.
https://loom.ly/_uvLbgM
🎵: "Buell Kazee," Buell Kazee, June Appal Records, 1978.
“Oaksie is concerned with making baskets, not with maintaining some folkloric ideal of purity.”— Journal of American Folklore
Watch the film here: https://loom.ly/K1HmsCA
📸 Appalshop, “Oaksie,” Anthony Slone, 1979
Caudill captures the feel and spirit of a man who has spent his lifetime surrounded by beauty, as well as the traditional folk arts still common today in Appalachia.
Watch the film here: https://loom.ly/K1HmsCA
📸 Appalshop, “Oaksie,” Anthony Slone, 1979
