Appalachian Awakening: Rewriting American Music Culture

Appalachian Awakening: Rewriting American Music Culture

AVERY COUNTY, N.C.—If there is such a thing as the classic Appalachian success story, the rise in popularity of the outside-the-box band Cigarettes at Sunset would be that story.  But nothing comes easy in Appalachia. The five-member band—which includes Garrett Dellinger, Ryland Bagbey, Sarah Vann, Wells Whitman, and Ethan Moore—was born in the winter of 2022, practicing their music in the cold, unheated seats of the Edge of the World Snowboard …