Alana Anton
Sociologist
Alana Anton is a sociologist, Appalachian scholar, and activist originally from Georgia currently in Upstate SC. Her work includes Appalachian identity representation in media and once upon a time she was a musician too. She plays piano, banjolele, and autoharp and has a pretty decent set of pipes. Four pitbulls, a bearded dragon, a lifepartner, and a teenager round out her little mountain home.
S7E375 - Gangstagrass 'The Blackest Thing On The Menu' with Alana Ant…
Once considered polar opposites, country music and rap have had a bit of a moment together as of late with artists like Jelly Roll & Post Malone and releases like Beyonce's Cowboy Carter hitting the charts. The thing is, Brooklyn, …
S5E220 - The Highwomen with Alana Anton
Sociologist, Appalachian scholar and activist Alana Anton is a southern girl at heart, and when she first discovered The Highwomen - the debut album by the country music super-group of the same name composed of Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren...