Coal mining women / H. Dickens (3:56) --Drag lines / D. Silverstein (2:49) --Blue diamond mines / J. Ritchie (3:57) -- Coal miner's grave / H. Dickens (5:25) --Hello ...

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1969 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution. 101 Songs of Coal Miners / Merle Travis. Guitar.

NEW YORK — At the very beginning of the new play “Coal Country,” we are told it is “a West Virginia story about 29 men and a big machine.” This is an understated way to inform the audience that what ...

The 18th Annual Coal Miners’ Heritage Festival is Sunday, Aug. 31 in Lansford, Carbon County. A celebration of anthracite ...

Loretta Lynn sang the truth. Period. Her truth? It didn't cut corners on reproductive rights or two-timing brawls. It swung open a screen door and invited listeners inside her Kentucky holler. It ...

One, two, three ... go! Volunteer Alex Shereba, right, gives the signal for the start of old-fashioned burlap sack races on ...

A fire has kept burning on a coal mining lease for four years, with cultural custodians celebrating the anniversary with talks, music and ceremony.