MEET THE NEW SERFA BOARD PRESIDENT: 2025-26

LUCY ISABEL

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UP NOW: The 2024 Keynote Speaker: Rachael Sage - pull up a chair and a cup of coffee and rewatch this wonderful artist give her keynote.

Today is Thanksgiving, and as we look around our families, friends, and communities, we are grateful for all who bring us love, laughter, and, well, most eaten, the Southern food staple of mac and cheese to holiday gatherings. One funny story from
Below is a great effort from the kind people at the American Songcatcher network that is coming together to help the musicians throughout the Southeast region of the US who lost instruments and other musical gear due to Hurricane Helene. If you would
2025 SERFA CONFERENCE UPDATE Dear SERFA folk, This is a letter to update ya’ll regarding our 2025 SERFA Conference. Over the past two weeks, since Hurricane Helene hit Western North Carolina and East Tennessee areas of our region, the board
Link in bio - Labor Day Weekend has been a U.S. National Holiday for about 130 years, and over the years, it’s been dubbed the unofficial last weekend of the summer. Many songs have been written in many different genres, from Merle Haggard to B
Today is July 4th, and as folk advocates (singers/writers/readers/speakers), it is our duty to look at all four sides of an issue to make an educated decision. This year, with the November elections on the line, more than ever, our voices need to be
From Matthew Sabatella - “as vice president of Southeast Regional Folk Alliance (SERFA), I was thrilled to present Junior Appalachian Musicians, Inc (JAM) with our 2024 SERFA Award for extraordinary contributions to the folk music community in
On Saturday, we honored Dr. Dom Flemons with a SERFA Award for his contributions to the folk music genre for all his work, from education to performing live around the world. We will be uploading his acceptance speech from the awards show very soon.
Our 2024 SERFA Awards were made by two different people who have never met using recycled, repurposed and scraps from their wood shops and metal shops. Tammy Lee @tam_i___am took pieces from her metal shop and welded the whimsical guitar player out o
Our final gathering at the Chapel with Trey Carlisle and Todd Mack with @musicincommon at SERFA this weekend. They led us in song to take us home safely. Til we meet again… #serfa2024 #serfafai #blackmountain #ymca