Second Sunday Musical Talk
From the Blue Ridge to Bristol: the Music of Southwest Virginia
While most music lovers are aware of southwest Virginia’s contribution to bluegrass and country music, many are unaware of its other musical riches. In his presentation, Dr. Gregg Kimball, director of Public Services and Outreach for the Library of Virginia, will explore the varied sounds of mountain Virginia, ranging from gospel music to vocal quartets to deep blues.
Using a variety of rare images, recordings, and live performance, Dr. Kimball will discuss both the major stars and the little-know talents from the Blue Ridge and southwest Virginia areas, including the Carter Family, the Reverend Frank Newsome, Steve Tarter, and many others.
Dr. Kimball also will pay tribute to a key musician not strictly within the range of the Crooked Road music trail: Fairfax County’s own John Jackson, who was born and raised in Rappahannock, Va.
In conjunction with our display of the the traveling exhbition Country Music Royalty and Musical Styles Along the Crooked Road (on view through Sept. 5).
History Talk
Civil War Veterans and Opioid Addiction In the Post War Decades
In the wake of the American Civil War, many veterans struggled with lingering pain and disabling illnesses. To cope, former soldiers often turned to opioids, and tens of thousands became addicted to the drugs. Jonathan Jones, PhD., Assistant Professor of History at Virginia Military Institute will present his research on how the opioid addiction crisis sparked by the Civil War affected veterans’ lives and reveals much about the war’s traumatic aftershocks in the postwar decades.
Science Museum, London https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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