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Rudnick fund gives $15,000 to support 'David Holt's State of Music'

Keb' Mo' talks with David Holt during a Season 5 episode. [CONTRIBUTED PHOTO]

By Lightning Reports, Published: October 9, 2021

The Will & Deni McIntyre Foundation has been awarded a $15,000 grant by the Perry N. Rudnick Endowment Fund of the Community Foundation of Henderson County to help fund Season 6 of David Holt’s State of Music, the North Carolina-based PBS series that airs nationally.

“The Perry N. Rudnick Endowment has supported our show since the beginning, back in 2015,” said Will McIntyre, series producer and chairman of the Will & Deni McIntyre Foundation, which is based in Henderson County.

Shot on location mainly in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, David Holt's State of Music shares the musical heritage and scenic beauty of our Southern mountains with a national audience. “We showcase the talents of outstanding musicians in genres ranging from blues to gospel, and bluegrass to Celtic," Holt said. "We couldn’t do it without the support of underwriters like the Perry N. Rudnick Endowment."

Previous seasons have featured Rhiannon Giddens, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Keb’ Mo’, Molly Tuttle, Taj Mahal, the Kruger Brothers, Dom Flemons, Amythyst Kiah, Della Mae, Josh Goforth, Bryan Sutton, Mipso, Balsam Range, Presley Barker, the Burnett Sisters, Cane Mill Road, Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley, and the Steep Canyon Rangers, among others.

The series premiered on North Carolina Public Television (now PBS NC) in 2015. It has since appeared on 93 percent of the nation’s PBS affiliates. As of today, episodes have aired 15,085 times on 497 channels. In addition to the latest grant, the Perry N. Rudnick Endowment Fund and the Community Foundation of Henderson County have supported the production of David Holt’s State of Music since its inception through previous grants totaling more than $100,000.

Find out when you can watch David Holt’s State of Music by checking your local PBS station’s schedule. The series can also be streamed anytime on Apple+, Amazon Prime or (for PBS Passport members) at PBS.org.