June Appal has released albums by Nimrod Workman, Buell Kazee, Jean Ritchie, I.D. Stamper, the Home Folks, Carla Gover, George Gibson, Rich Kirby, Mike Kline, Tommy Bledsoe, Larry Sparks, Morgan Sexton, Lee Sexton, Lily May Ledford, and many more!
June Appal Recordings is a part of Appalshop, a non-profit media and arts collective whose purpose is to document, and present the culture, traditions, and social issues of the Appalachian region. June Appal Recordings grew out of a need to make high quality sound recordings of traditional Appalachian music. June Appal releases albums of mountain music by accomplished artists who are not widely known and offers a wide variety of recordings of Bluegrass, Folk, and traditional Appalachian music.
Thanks for all your support! The show went really well at the Laugh Factory, and the turnout was great!
If you couldn't make it, I have uploaded to my profile seven ten-minute segments from this outstanding variety show featuring Old Time Music, magic, dance, comedy and fun!
In March 2008, the famous Maker’s Mark Distillery sent out a call for artist to create a piece especially for an exhibit called The Mark of Great Art. Knott County resident and artist, John Haywood was chosen from over 120 artists to be among the 54 from across the state commissioned. Haywood will reveal his oil painting entitled “Old Kentucky Whiskey” at the show opening on September 5, 2008 in the gallery of the distillery in Loretto, Kentucky.
The show will be comprised of 115 pieces of artwork that will be broken up into 8 mini-collections after the initial opening. The pieces will, then, travel to bars and restaurants in Louisville, Lexington, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, New York, London, England, and Madrid, Spain where they will remain indefinitely. All who visit the Maker’s Mark Gallery between September 6-21 either in person or online (www. themarkofgreatart. com) can vote for their favorite piece. The three artists that receive the most votes will win monetary prizes from Maker’s Mark.
Haywood invites all to view “Old Kentucky Whiskey”. Other paintings and prints by Haywood can be seen by visiting his home studio on Little Doubles Creek, or online at www. haywoodart. com.
