Rising Appalachia with Paper Wings at The Center For The Arts, Grass Valley, CA (Night Two)

Rising Appalachia plays a folk concert with Paper Wings at The Center For The Arts in Grass Valley, California, billed as Night Two of the engagement. It is for anyone who loves roots music with a conscience: Appalachian string-band sound, Southern soul and international folk traditions, performed by the sister duo Leah Song and Chloe Smith.

What to Expect

This is a live music evening in a performing arts venue in Grass Valley, in Northern California's Nevada County foothills. Rising Appalachia is known for fiddle, banjo, guitar and upright bass, carried by layered vocal harmonies that draw on gospel, work songs and mountain ballads. Their sound blends Southern and Appalachian traditions with roots music from around the world, and their songs carry themes of environmental care, social justice and cultural preservation.

Paper Wings share the bill.

About Rising Appalachia

Rising Appalachia is a folk duo founded in the early 2000s by sisters Leah Song and Chloe Smith. They were raised in Atlanta and steeped in the musical traditions of the American South. Their reputation rests on the pairing of traditional string-band instruments with close sisterly harmony.

They stand apart from the mainstream Americana revival by working social justice directly into their music and their way of life. That includes traditional medicine practices and partnerships with Indigenous and immigrant communities. The duo places itself within the Slow Music Movement, a philosophy that emphasizes sustainable touring.

The Place

The Center For The Arts is in Grass Valley, California, a small Gold Country town in the Sierra Nevada foothills. It is a dedicated arts venue, so this concert is a seated-theater style night of listening rather than a festival field.

Community Street Team

Rising Appalachia also runs a volunteer street team. Fans who live near a tour stop put up flyers at places they already love, such as yoga studios, coffee shops and colleges, and help bring the community together around the show. Anyone drawn to the band's grassroots spirit may find that a good way to take part.