Filthy Dirty South

Steve Wildsmith of The Daily News reported on the forthcoming album and associated tour.^[2] The album was reviewed in the January 2013 issue of INsite Atlanta.^[3] Thandiwe Ogbonna, writing for No Depression, said "Filthy Dirty South is an overall outstanding work of clever musicianship. A tour of world sounds that could be scattered and disjointed is very skilfully executed with a pleasant flow."^[4]

Dan Levenson reviewed the album, along with the band's two previous studio albums, in the January 2015 issue of Banjo Newsletter, taking great interest in Leah Song's distinctive "clawhammer" banjo style.^[5] Bob Stepno reviewed the album, along with the band's first album, Leah and Chloe, in the Spring 2015 issue of the Journal of Appalachian Studies, specifically addressing the band's ability to (quoting from the lyrics of "Occupy") "occupy Appalachia."^[6]

Rising Appalachia (2012). Filthy Dirty South (CD). Independent.

• Levenson, Dan (January 2015). "Reviews: Rising Appalachia CDs Scale Down, The Sails of Self, Filthy South [sic]". Banjo Newsletter. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
• Love, B.; Moore, John B.; Smith, Lee Valentine (January 2013). "Album Reviews". INsite Atlanta. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
• Ogbonna, Thandiwe (September 17, 2013). "Album Review: Rising Appalachia – Filthy Dirty South". No Depression. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
• Stepno, Bob (2015). "Essay [Review of Filthy Dirty South, by Rising Appalachia]". Journal of Appalachian Studies. 21 (1): 136–143. doi:10.5406/jappastud.21.1.0136.
• Wildsmith, Steve (November 21, 2012). "Sisters at the heart of Rising Appalachia showcase a different side of the South". The Daily Times. Retrieved May 10, 2015.