StoryTown Radio StoryTown Radio, Anne G'Fellers-Mason

In this month's Voices from the Archive, we hear from three people who know how to keep a plant alive. Chris Wilson grew up on a farm and now raises sheep. Dominick Haynes has been growing food for years, but he's not as old as you'd expect. Nancy Kavanaugh has tips, loads of tips, for how to start your garden. The landscape of agriculture is changing. Listen to these three talk about how it's changed in Jonesborough, and what it's like now.

Voices from the Archive is a monthly segment of StoryTown Radio. It shares stories from people living here, just how they told them. You might think of it like a news report that tells you about all sorts of things. From ghost stories to apple butter, you could learn just about anything from the people living here in East Tennessee. Listen in as they tell the stories of their lives here in Appalachia.

StoryTown Radio is a production of the McKinney Center's Story Initiative. Grounded in the belief that stories connect people to each other, the Story Initiative sets out to collect, archive, and share the stories from the region. Broadcast from Jonesborough, Tennessee, the Storytelling Capital of the World, StoryTown Radio is one way these stories are shared with people, nearby and all around.

This month’s StoryTown Radio Show is all about the lessons we learn and the skills we develop through gardening and gaming. We have stories and advice from the local Garden Club, tales of victory and defeat from the ETSU Esports team, and a look into what it’s like to work in a giant arcade from our friends and episode sponsors at Tiebreakers.

We’ll also have part two of the harrowing story of a woman’s quest to save her husband during the Civil War. Will they make it home? Is there a garden or games in their future?

Portail du Son joins the show as musical guest. Under the direction of Stacia Howard, these musicians from the Superior Saxophone Studio put a whole new spin on chamber music.

Special guest: Lynda Harris with Friends of Jimmy Neil Smith Park

StoryTown is sponsored by Tiebreakers, the Tennessee Arts Commission, Gary and Sandee Degner, Trivia with Budds, the Silver Raven, Mountain Empire Cremation and Burial Services, and the Wild Women of Jonesborough.

This performance took place on April 22nd at the McKinney Center.

Lisa Shepherd Holley shares the true story of her grandmother Minnie Morris Shepherd and her fifteen children.

In this month's Voices from the Archive, we hear from Dr. George Williams. Dr. Williams has played rook somewhere you would never guess. And he manages Williams Angus, which began in 1921 when his father bought a heifer and a few bulls for a 4-H project. Growing up, Dr. Williams always had to break even, at around $150, if he wanted to keep showing cattle. The cattle business as a grown up hasn't been much different. Now Williams Angus is one of the few farms remaining along Boones Creek Road in Jonesborough.

Voices from the Archive is a monthly segment of StoryTown Radio. It shares stories from people living here, just how they told them. You might think of it as a news report that tells you about all sorts of things. From ghost stories to apple butter, you could learn just about anything from the people living here in East Tennessee. Listen in as they tell the stories of their lives here in Appalachia.

StoryTown Radio is a production of the McKinney Center's Story Initiative. Grounded in the belief that stories connect people to each other, the Story Initiative sets out to collect, archive, and share the stories from the region. Broadcast from Jonesborough, Tennessee, the Storytelling Capital of the World, StoryTown Radio is one way these stories are shared with people, nearby and all around.

In this first ever episode of the Director's Cut podcast, Tulay Neal shares the unconventional way she met her husband when they were both in Frankfurt, Germany

Featured in this recorded live production is a harrowing story of a woman who donned men’s clothing to rescue her husband during the Civil War, true tales from a pack horse librarian, the musings of the Washington County Courthouse as it watches the people of Jonesborough come and go, a letter from Frederick Douglass that brought a teacher back to town, and stories from
Jonesborough’s oldest resident. All this and more!

The music guest for this March 25th production is Radio Show favorite, Momma Molasses,
whose music interlaces Classic Country, Folk, Piedmont Blues, Soul, Swing, Bluegrass, and Old-
Time which blend into a uniquely timeless sound. Harnessing her rolling contralto voice which
scales over homespun finger-picked guitar, her sound is warm, rich, and passionate, with songs
that embrace, and captivate listeners, soothing well-worn hearts with vulnerable lyricism.

With special guests: League of Women Voters; Nancy Whithington Bell & Joanne Irvin with the Clinch Mountain Girls

The production took place on March 25th at the McKinney Center.

StoryTown is sponsored by Allandale Mansion with the City of Kingsport, the Tennessee Arts Commission, Gary and
Sandee Degner, Trivia with Budds, the Silver Raven, and Mountain Empire Cremation and
Burial Services.

Performed on February 26th, 2024