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Rhoda Kemp CD Release Party
March 1 : 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Join us at the Floyd Country Store on Saturday, March 1, 2025 at 7:00 pm for RHODA KEMP CD Release Party!
Admission is free with a $10 Donation / Purchase of CD!
Rhoda Kemp / Harmonic Heritage Project / CD Release Party
Live at the Floyd Country Store — Saturday, March 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY RHODA KEMP & FRIENDS!!
CD’s AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE – DONATION TO HANDMADE MUSIC SCHOOL – $10
Join us 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. There will be musical performances with guests TBA!
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.