Appalachian Awakening: Rewriting American Music Culture

AVERY COUNTY, N.C.—If there is such a thing as the classic Appalachian success story, the rise in popularity of the outside-the-box band Cigarettes at Sunset would be that story.

But nothing comes easy in Appalachia.

The five-member band—which includes Garrett Dellinger, Ryland Bagbey, Sarah Vann, Wells Whitman, and Ethan Moore—was born in the winter of […] ...