After being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brilliant musicologist, impulsively visits her sister, who runs a struggling rural school in Appalachia. There she stumbles upon the discovery of her life - a treasure trove of ancient Scots-Irish ballads, songs that have been handed down from generation to generation, preserved intact by the seclusion of the mountains. With the goal of securing her promotion, Lily ventures into the most isolated areas of the mountains to collect the songs and finds herself increasingly enchanted.
as Professor Lily Penleric, PhD
as Professor Wallace Aldrich, PhD
as Fate Honeycutt
as Eleanor 'Elna' Penleric
as Harriet Tolliver
as Deladis Slocumb
as Viney Butler
as Alice Kincaid
as Tom Bledsoe
as Hilliard
as Polly
as Earl Giddens
as Isabel
as Reese Kincaid
as Dexter Speaks
as Rose Gentry
as Clementine McFarland
as Dean Arthur Pembroke
as Ambrose McFarland
as Reverend Merriweather
as Will
as Barn Band - Dulcimer
as Barn Band - Banjo
as Singer at Barn Dance
as Singer at Barn Dance
as Josie Moore
as Uncle Cratis
as Postman Johnson
as Cyrus Whittle
