Mountains, art, trees, moonshine, rivers, animals, 'coonskin caps, music - where can you find these things altogether? There may be more than way these topics connect, but this episode's unifier is the region of Appalachia! Endless beautiful art and music has emerged from this vast American landscape, so we're excited to trek into its artistic frontier. 

 

Art:

Unknown: Otter Effigy Pipe (100-400 CE) 

https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/otter-effigy-pipe/8gF6uz9U0K9JhA 

Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886): Kindred Spirits (1849) 

https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/kindred-spirits-asher-brown-durand/jQFlKiaXsbd5dA 

Patty Willis (1942): The Earth and the Sky (1942) 

https://editions.lib.umn.edu/panorama/article/little-of-artistic-merit/the-modernist-appalachian/ 

 

Music:

Aaron Copland (1900-1990): Appalachian Spring (1944) 

Mason Bates (b.1977): Rusty Air in Carolina (premiered 2006) 

 

Listen to our Spotify playlist of the music discussed in this week's episode! 

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/114ILAFVx9uO4N4wifZVHE?si=-mAvDN2GTHSoJi6ge2z3NQ 

 

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