We sit down with Sheila Kay Adams, a seventh-generation Appalachian ballad singer, storyteller and claw-hammer banjo player, born and raised in the remote Sodom Laurel community of Madison County, North Carolina.

Appalachian ballads

The Rhythm Divine brings you music with a spiritual impulse; it represents a crossroads where faith meets music, where you might hear the sounds of the Sufis or a Bach cantata, Gregorian chant or Johnny Cash. Feel the rhythm of the world's religious traditions, the new spiritual practices and the fusion of religion and pop culture.

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Appalachian ballads

Appalachian ballads