Video: Fleet Foxes: "Blue Ridge Mountains" (live on Nigel Godrich's "From the Basement") (Pitchfork)
There's always something interesting happening in Nigel Godrich's basement . Wonder if they have a foosball table down there? Way back in April we kicked off Pitchfork.tv with an incredible performance of " Bangers & Mash " by Radiohead, and now he's got Fleet Foxes doing "Blue Ridge Mountains" from their self-titled album . One can only hope that after this set was taped, Nigel asked ...
Group's Leader Recalls Days of Terror (Washington Post)
FABER, Va., Dec. 2 -- It is easy to appreciate the peaceful quietude that drew Alan Scherr and his wife, Kia, to settle in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains at the Synchronicity Foundation 11 years ago. It is a place where cellphone service disappears and where one can follow grave...
Prognosis bleak for Eastern hemlocks (Greensboro News & Record)
Spring moves up the Appalachian Mountains like a wave off a Caribbean storm. It is a raucous, exhilarating ride that is over before you know, and leaves everything changed. It brings back the migrating songbirds to the giddy delight of birders who flock to their favorite vantage points along the Blue Ridge to rejoice in the return of old friends. Redstarts, warblers, grosbeaks and others ride ...
Deaths of Va. victims in Mumbai (WAVY 10)
FABER, Va. - The wife and mother of two Virginia victims of the Mumbai attacks is preparing to publicly discuss her loss. Kia (kee'-ah) Scherr is scheduled to appear Tuesday at a news conference at the Synchronicity Foundation sanctuary in Faber, on the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Deaths of Va. victims in Mumbai to be discussed (NBC 12 Richmond)
FABER, Va. (AP) - The wife and mother of 2 Virginia victims of the Mumbai attacks is preparing to publicly discuss her loss. Kia (kee'-ah) Scherr is scheduled to appear Tuesday at a news conference at the Synchronicity Foundation sanctuary in Faber, on the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Blue Ridge Mountain city of Asheville, N.C., offers Biltmore and beyond to those seeking art, music, food (Merced Sun-Star)
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - This mountain city of 70,000 proudly calls itself the Paris of the South.
Bid Farewell to 2008 with the Entire Family at Wintergreen Resort (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Pop the cork, watch the ball drop and share kisses at midnight on New Year's Eve at Wintergreen Resort. The popular retreat, located atop Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, is now accepting reservations for its New Year's Eve extravaganza, featuring sumptuous cuisine, fabulous music and planned events for both the young…and young at heart.
Blue Ridge Mountain city of Asheville, N.C., offers Biltmore and beyond to those seeking art, music, food (The Fresno Bee)
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - This mountain city of 70,000 proudly calls itself the Paris of the South. Read comments
Blue Ridge Mountain city of Asheville, N.C., offers Biltmore and beyond to those seeking art, music, food (Lexington Herald-Leader)
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - This mountain city of 70,000 proudly calls itself the Paris of the South. According to some, that's because Asheville in western North Carolina considers itself to be the cultural capital of southern Appalachia. French artisans came to Asheville in the late 1800s to work on what became America's biggest house, the Biltmore. The 255-room mansion on 125,000 acres was the ...
Trekking with Berbers across Morocco's remote Jebel Sahro mountains (Guardian Unlimited)
Trekking with Berbers across the remote Jebel Sahro mountains offers a Christmas treat – and a romantic surprise for Beverley Fearis
