The “An Appalachian Evening” series will continue with a performance by The Jeff Little Trio at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 28, in Lynn L. Shields Auditorium at the Stecoah Valley Center in Robbinsville. 

Americana/folk singer-songwriter A. Lee Edwards will perform at 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 25, at the Cataloochee Ranch in Maggie Valley. 

Regional rock/jam group Arnold Hill will perform at 6 p.m. Friday, June 20, at Whiteside Brewing in Cashiers.

Formed in 2011, the Jackson County band is named after a road in Sylva where the musicians lived and practiced.

Rising regional Americana/bluegrass act Upstream Rebellion will hit the stage at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 19, at the Folkmoot Friendship Center in Waynesville.

Hailing from the depths of Western North Carolina, Upstream Rebellion is rooted in the intricate musical traditions of the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky mountain ranges.

The Town of Sylva, Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department and Jackson County Chamber of Commerce are proud to present the 16th season of the annual “Concerts on the Creek” music series. 

The Marianna Black Library “Summer Music Series” will kick things off with The Ghost Peppers at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 12, at the library in Bryson City.

Featuring traditional dulcimer players Lois Hornbostel and Ehukai Teves, the husband/wife duo performs Appalachian music and original songs, including one song they wrote is about the town of Judson in Swain County. 

A regional Americana/bluegrass act, Granny’s Mason Jar will perform at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 14, at Mountain Layer Brewing in Bryson City. 

At the recent MerleFest, the nation’s premier Americana/bluegrass festival in Wilkesboro, an emerging act from our region, Upstream Rebellion, not only made its debut at the gathering as part of the band competition, the members also walked away immensely inspired. 

It’s 12:23 a.m. and I can hear the tires from sporadic cars splashing through small puddles on nearby Walnut Street in downtown Waynesville. They say a big rainstorm is coming later today. For now, it’s another pull from the lukewarm Coors Light can.

Much like their sorrowful, purposeful melodies, the members of The Last Revel contain this thick thread of self, and of place, when it comes to the underlying trait in the sounds and scope of their intent, onstage and in the studio — survival mode.