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World in Progress: Bluegrass and Mountain Music

January 4, 2018

Bluegrass, a traditional form of American folk music is still alive in the Appalachia region, which also has a reputation as being America's poorhouse. Outsiders have labeled the people here 'hillbillies', stereotyping them as backwards. But there's more to the region and its bluegrass culture as reporter Andreas Horchler discovered.

https://p.dw.com/p/2qK9Q

Report: Andreas Horcheler

Producer: Anke Rasper 

Anke Rasper
Anke Rasper Anke is a senior editor with DW's environment team.