"Most of my life from childhood on has been spent moving, traveling, changing places, knowing people in one school, in one town or in one group, or on one ship a little while, but soon never seeing ...

Watch Broadway star Michael Maliakel perform "I Wonder as I Wander," with The Tabernacle Orchestra. American folklorist John Jacob Niles was visiting Murphy, North Carolina, in the summer of 1933 when ...

From a Dec. 3 post at Appalachian History by Dave Tabler. John Jacob Niles composed the Appalachian influenced Christmas carols The Carol of the Birds, The Flower of Jesse, What Songs were Sung, Jesus ...

While most of us know the song, few are aware that “I Wonder as I Wander” is traceable to a family down its luck in Murphy, N.C., during the Depression and the chance encounter between a lovely ...

The Christmas season is almost here! As a student of worship and music, I am inspired by the origin stories of the Carols and music of Christmas. For instance, the oldest Christmas (or Advent) Carol ...

The American folklorist John Jacob Niles was visiting the small rural community of Murphy, North Carolina, in the summer of 1933 when he heard a young girl, Annie Morgan, sing a fragment of a haunting ...

The origins and emotional impact of the Appalachian carol I Wonder as I Wander, written by folk singer John Jacob Niles. Show more As Christmas approaches, let us lead you through Advent with the ...