Rising Appalachia is an American musical group led by
multi-instrumentalist sisters Leah and
Chloe Smith. Leah also performs as a solo artist under the name
Leah Song. Based between Southern
Appalachia and
New Orleans, the sisters work with an array of international musicians and the band incorporates everything from simple harmonics with
banjos and
fiddles, to a wide variety of
drums,
kalimbas,
beatbox,
djembe, baliphone,
congas,
didgeridoo,
tablas,
spoons and
washboard creating a full mix of
world,
folk and
soul music.