In continuing celebration of the Year of Alabama Music, Kentuck presents The Music Lives On: Folk Song Traditions Told by Alabama Artists, an exhibition of works depicting the region’s great musical traditions created by the state’s most celebrated folk artists. Included in this colorful exhibition are Lonnie Holley, Joe Minter, Charlie Lucas, Thornton Dial, and Mary Lee Bendolph. This traveling exhibition started at the Vulcan Museum in Birmingham and can be experienced at Kentuck January 5 through March 29 Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 11am to 2pm. The exhibit will also be open during Art Nights February 2 and March 1 from 5pm to 9pm and Art Fairs January 21, February 18, and March 17 from 10am to 2pm. For a preview, see the online catalog below.

Kentuck’s showing of The Music Lives On includes a special live performance by Bobby Horton at 7pm on Friday, February 10, of music related to the works on exhibit. Horton is a founding member of Three on a String and has contributed to the soundtracks of the Ken Burns films Baseball and The Civil War, among many other accomplishments. $10 general admission; free for Kentuck Members.

The Music Lives On: Folk Song Traditions Told by Alabama Artists is presented in part by the Alabama Tourism Department and the Alabama Humanities Foundation.