Politicians, cultural and business leaders in Northern Ireland believe it is now time for that shared heritage to receive greater recognition. Communities minister Gordon Lyons says he has secured a ...

In 1900, a political writer described the “hill-billie” as someone who “talks as he pleases, drinks whiskey when he gets it ...

As spring has officially arrived and cabin fever is setting in, the annual Hillbilly Days Festival will be filling the ...

Hillbilly Days is back! The annual festivities kicked off Thursday in downtown Pikeville for another year of good times for a ...

“I don’t believe Appalachian whites ever get to like the ... drinking draught beer and listening to sad hillbilly songs that sum up their yearnings for the hills they left behind.

It is already happening. Various carnival units have started filling the upper end of the Riverfill parking lot near the cinemas in preparation for this week’s Hillbilly Days Festival.