Last updated: August 4, 2020
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Pandemic Arts in the Blue Ridge Mountains

Blue Ridge National Heritage Area
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everyone’s lives. In Blue Ridge National Heritage Area, where traditional folk music is a main focus of the heritage area, both musicians and their audiences have felt the loss and its impact on the music community. For local musicians, including the four-time Grammy Award winner David Holt, social distancing measures have been a transformative experience and there is still no end in site to this bleak period.

Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Blue Ridge National Heritage Area