Home 
Down to Earth
Stone Temple Pilot: Spirits fly high at Pilot Mountain State Park.
by Burt DellingerIf the only thing you know about Pilot Mountain is that it was the inspiration for "Mount Pilot," Mayberry's neighboring town on The Andy Griffith Show, you need to get out more often. Specifically, go directly to Pilot...
comments:(0)
Orient Expressions: Belly Dance moves from the Far East to Western North Carolina
By Burt Dellinger Belly Dance. For most people, the name conjures up images of exotic women dancing for a sultan's delight. But according to Becky Shook, a Belly Dance instructor who leads The Lost Jewels of the Ghawazee, a Belly...
comments:(3)
Making Music: Wayne Henderson has Two Talents for Making Music an Art
by Chris Young Western North Carolina's Appalachian Mountains have given us many popular and respected musicians throughout the years, but Wayne Henderson is one of few artists as renowned for the instruments as well as the music he makes. Born...
comments:(1)
Resurrection in the Hart land
By Mary Katherine Creel There are no signs pointing out the way to Hart’s Square, a seemingly abandoned village in Catawba County where speckled fawns and does freely lounge in knee-high grasses — only a mammoth iron gate, bearing the...
comments:(0)
Generating Ideas: Discover the art of creating alternative fuels at the EnergyXchange
Tucked away in a corner of Yancey County, The EnergyXchange is a non-profit organization dedicated to enriching the artistic and horticultural community. The campus is designed to provide studios and training for developing artists. The location offers a pottery studio,...
comments:(0)
North Carolina: A Paradise of Gemstones
North Carolina has a long and interesting history of world-famous gem mining and production. Due to North Carolina’s complex and ancient geologic history, beautiful and fascinating gemstones occur in numerous mines in the western part of our state. Thousands of...
comments:(0)
Little Big Man: Revealing the not-so-hidden talents of Daniel Barnes
In ROAM's Warm 2004 edition, little did we know that one of the biggest sensation's of MerleFest 2004 was going to be one of the youngest performers ever to take the stage. In that issue we published a photo of Daniel Barnes, a then-nine-year-old musician from Myrtle Beach, SC. To be honest, we selected it because it was a cute photo, but soon we were besieged with requests for the Warm 2004 issue. People wanted to know more about the boy wonder who was tearing up the Little Pickers and Traditional stages at MerleFest 2004.
comments:(0)
God Bless Americana: MerleFest Returns for 2005
The good folks of MerleFest were kind enough to open their gates to ROAM last year, which proved to be a real shot in the arm for our then-fledgling publication's credibility and popularity. So we thought we'd tip our hats to the nationally renowned festival celebrating Americana music as it returns to the Wilkes Community College campus in Wilkesboro for its 17th consecutive year in 2005.
comments:(0)
