
The Storied Song is an audio drama series from Appalachia Book Company that transforms traditional Appalachian ballads into fully produced radio plays with original sound design and live ballad performance. These stories have been passed down for generations because they still mean something. We asked contemporary playwrights to find out what.
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 5 | Founded | 2 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Performing ArtsArts | |||

Here in Appalachia, we have a way of singing stories. Songs that carry real people, real places, real heartbreak — passed from voice to voice until the song itself becomes the memory. No two people tell them quite alike. That's not a flaw. That's how... more
Lord Bateman was a soldier. He sailed to the Turkish shore, landed in prison, and was freed by a woman who had no reason to help him — except that she wanted to. They made a vow: seven years. No other woman, no other man. Then come find me.
"Lord Ba... more
The Devil came for a farmer's wife. He took her straight to Hell. She tore the place apart. He brought her back.
That's the story within the ballad. It's been sung across the British Isles and through Appalachia for more than a century, and most ver... more
In May 1868, Tom Dula was hanged for the murder of Laura Foster in Wilkes County, North Carolina. The ballad "Tom Dooley" made him famous. But the song leaves out the most important parts: Ann, Pauline, a pregnancy, and a jealousy that curdled into s... more
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Apple Podcasts | #206 |
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Audio drama pieces reinterpret traditional Appalachian ballads as fully produced radio plays, marrying original sound design with live ballad performance. The format treats storytelling as a living art form that evolves with each telling, and emphasizes the human hearts behind songs, memory, and community experiences from the mountains. Across episodes, expect immersive soundscapes, multi-voiced narration, and reimagined classics that explore themes like loyalty, desire, memory, resilience, and the costs or rewards of vows. Noteworthy is the sustained emphasis on collaboration with literary and musical communities, the use of live-audience recording, and inventive storytelling structures (including reverse narratives) that refresh familiar ... more
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