See & Do - Music: Rising Appalachia March 14 2007
Sun., March 18
Talk about defying the stereotype – sisters Chloe and Leah Smith are far from your typical hillbillies. As RISING APPALACHIA, the Atlanta-bred, Grady High graduates redefine mountain music with their urbanized folk. The sisters play a mean banjo and fiddle, but they don’t stop there. On their new sophomore release, Scale Down, conga drums and other percussives fill out the fare thanks to new addition Forrest Kelly. The group’s CD release party on Sun., MARCH 18, at Eyedrum features performances by members of Atlanta nonprofits, in addition to trapeze artists, stilt walkers and fire spinners. $8. 8:30 p.m. 290 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. 404-522-0655. www.eyedrum.org.