"Beautifully researched and written, with grace notes of jacktales and accounts of North Carolina mountain life, this book records a precious part of America's music history and celebrates Appalachia's contribution to the arts."
- Sharyn McCrumb, author

"Singing Just to Make Music": Betty Smith in Her Own Voice
APPALACHIAN JOURNAL, Vol. 34, No.2. 2007

JANE HICKS GENTRY: A SINGER AMONG SINGERS ~ Details ~
University Press Of Kentucky, 1998 Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, TN 1998 Literary Festival, Chapel Hill, NC 1998 Kentucky Book Fair, 1998 Virginia Festival of the Book, 1999 Southeastern Booksellers Convention, 1998

The ABC Song Book (Children's Music Workshop) ~ Details ~
A wonderful collection of songs for children of all ages. Designed for 3-Hole Notebook.

"A MOUNTAIN RIDDLE" - A Monodrama
Produced by Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre 1999

THE ABC SONGBOOK
Children's Music Workshop, New York, 1992

FOLK SCHOOL SONGBOOK
John C. Campbell Folk School, 1991

JANE GENTRY: Bearer of a Cultural Treasure
North Carolina Women's History Project
N.C. WOMEN: Private Lives, Public Roles
N.C. Museum of History, 1990

JANE GENTRY: A Singer Among Singers
Journal of the Appalachian Studies Association, Vol. 1, 1989

A SINGER AMONG SINGERS
Tar Heel Junior Historian, 1986

A FEEL FOR WHAT IS AUTHENTIC
Arts Journal, Asheville, NC 1978

THE GAP IN ORAL TRADITION
An Appalachian Symposium, Appalachian State University Press, 1977

CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP MUSIC CURRICULUM
K & I, New York, 1988

OPEN COURT KINDERGARTEN MUSIC PROGRAM