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Rhoda Kemp CD Release Party
March 1, 2025 @ 7:00 pm
Join us at the Floyd Country Store on March 1, 2025 at 7:00pm for a special celebrating the music of Rhoda Kemp. Rhoda Kemp has been an important part of the old time music scene in Virginia for the better part of a century. At 95 years old Rhoda Kemp is the Queen of Old Time Music and a very important part of The Floyd Country Store community. The event features performances by Rhoda Kemp & Friends.
The Handmade Music School was awarded a Community Impact grant from Virginia Commission for the Arts to produce a project called Harmonic Heritage: Recording Southwest Virginia’s Living Musical Traditions. A recording project preserving the voices of elders singing traditional Appalachian music in Floyd County, Virginia. A group of Handmade Music School music teachers and collaborators are inspired and motivated to capture the voices of the elder musicians from Southwest Virginia to ensure their voices have lasting life. With an emphasis on old time, bluegrass and early country music from Floyd County and beyond, this project aims to put the elders of a nearly-past generation in front of a microphone (and cameras) to enshrine their voices, the songs and stories for musicians, their families, our community and folklorists to hear and study for years to come.