Rising Appalachia
Band · Active 2005–present · New Orleans
Folk / Americana
Old-Time (Contemporary)
Rising Appalachia is led by sisters Leah Song and Chloe Smith, Atlanta-raised singers who braid Appalachian ballads and banjo tunes with global rhythm and urban songcraft.
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- Began around 2005 as a family recording project and grew into an international touring band, with the sisters’ close harmony at the center of a shifting circle of percussion and strings.
- Their movement-minded “slow music” touring ethos and songs like “Resilient” carried old-time repertoire — “Bright Morning Stars,” “Cuckoo” — to audiences far outside the folk circuit.
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Leylines2019
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Wider Circles2015
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Filthy Dirty South2012
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Scale Down2006
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Leah and Chloe2004
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Chloe SmithPlayed on recordings with Rising Appalachia
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Leah SongPlayed on recordings with Rising Appalachia
