From Bob Dylan to Beyonce, every song on Rising Appalachia’s new covers EP, Folk and Anchor, was carefully selected for the album not just because they were some of bandmate sisters Leah Song and ...

Earlier this year, the internationally touring folk group Rising Appalachia announced they would take a creative sabbatical in 2024. They limited their touring schedule and stepped away from social ...

Rising Appalachia's Tiny Desk Concert is charged with the roots music that sisters Leah Song and Chloe Smith learned in fiddle camps as kids. Growing up in urban Atlanta and beyond, they also heard ...

The life of a touring artist isn’t for the weak. As most fans and musicians are aware, artistic preservation demands a break from time to time to make space for re-centering, writing, and relaxing.

TWO OF A KIND: Sisters Chloe Smith, left, and Leah Song are the founding members of Rising Appalachia. Photo courtesy of Rising Appalachia The plan was for me to meet Leah Song and Chloe Smith, the ...

Over the past 11 years, Rising Appalachia has rolled around the U.S. picking up bits and pieces and influences from regional folk music and from global traditions. So their eclectic roots music sound, ...

Growing up in inner city Atlanta, sisters Chloe Smith and Leah Song didn’t consider their upbringing particularly unusual. They were a working class family. Their mother was a day laborer for Delta ...