Bristol, VA — The Appalachian Cultural Music Association (ACMA) announced at a press conference on February 18, 2010 their newly established “Leon Kiser Scholarship” at East Tennessee State University. The announcement was made at the ACMA’s Mountain Music Museum located at the Bristol Mall in Bristol, Virginia to an enthusiastic audience which included members of the late Leon Kiser’s family. The East Tennessee State University Bluegrass Band provided music…

The Appalachian Cultural Music Association (ACMA) will hold a press conference this Thursday, Feb. 18th to announce a new scholarship program for East Tennessee State University’s Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music Program.

The announcement will be made at 2:00 p.m. at the ACMA’s Mountain Music Museum on the upper level…

East Tennesse State University, long known in the bluegrass realm for the quality of musicians that come through its music program, is now making a new inroad in the education and music fields.

Located in Johnson City, Tenn., ETSU has introduced a new major studies program that will yield a bachelor of arts degree in Bluegrass…