![]() You can find the complete touring itinerary below. There will also be stops in New York, as well as appearances at the forthcoming Newport Folk Festival. The tour will stick to states with a healthy population of mines and miners, such West Virginia, Tennessee, and Virginia. They call themselves the Appalachian Voices and they’ll launch their nine-date trek starting July 22nd in Lexington, Kentucky. Looking to take their protest one step further, James (who goes by the moniker Yim Yames for everything outside of his My Morning Jacket duties), Sollee, and Moore have announced plans for a summer tour. ![]() Opponents, like, argue that the practice is “devastating hundreds of square miles of Appalachia polluting the headwaters of rivers that provide drinking water to millions of Americans and destroying a distinctly American culture that has endured for generations.” If you haven’t read our review yet, you can do so here.īasically, mountaintop removal a controversial form of coal mining in which entire mountains are literally blown up. ![]() Earlier this year, Kentucky born musicians Jim James (of My Morning Jacket), Ben Sollee, and Daniel Martin Moore sought to protest mountaintop coal removal by recording a collaborative album titled Dear Companion.
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