Skip to navigation Skip to content
University of Missouri HomepageUniversity of Missouri HomepageMU Wordmark
  • Donate
Missouri Folk Arts Program
    • Our Staff
    • Our Partners
    • Donate
    • Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program
    • Folk Arts Grants
    • Legends & LoreĀ® Marker Grant Program
  • Show Me Folk
  • Contact

Living Traditions Fellowship | Missouri Folk Arts in the News | Show Me Folk

Mexico Ledger: Kenny Applebee

Published on May 5, 2023

Updated on Oct. 24, 2025

The Mexico Ledger, the only daily newspaper published in Mexico, Missouri and the surrounding rural area, announced on May 5, 2023, that local resident Kenny Applebee was an inaugural Living Traditions Sustainer Fellow.

Kenny Applebee and Pete McMahan play guitar and fiddle, respectively.
Kenny Applebee (right) accompanies Boone County old-time fiddler Pete McMahan on a bench on the grounds of the Smithsonian’s 1991 Festival of American Folklife. Photo courtesy Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association
University of Missouri HomepageUniversity of Missouri HomepageMU Wordmark

Contact us

Missouri Folk Arts Program

520 S 9th St, Room 1, Ellis Library

Columbia, MO 65211

mofolkarts@missouri.edu

Phone: 573-882-6296

Facebook Instagram Youtube

MU is an equal opportunity employer.

© 2025 — Curators of the University of Missouri. All rights reserved. DMCA and other copyright information. Privacy policy