New Favorite Song

After hearing this song the first time, Cooper couldn't stop singing it - and shaking his bootie ;-). In fact, we all enjoyed hearing Rising Appalachia so much on Friday night at LEAF that we made sure we saw their second performance on Saturday morning as well. Their music falls into no single genre, so I won't even try to describe it. Their website gives some background, though: "Born to a fiddlin' mother and a folk-sculptor father, they were raised with old-time mountain melodies as their lullabies. But, having also grown up amidst the underground hip hop and spoken word movements of the urban South, the group has heavy influences in indie-folk, vintage jazz, political hip hop, and roots music from around the world.".

Here's a quick glimpse into their musical stylings, political leanings... and acute sense of humor.