Performances
Adam Tanner
String band musician
Weaverville, NC (Buncombe County)
A resident of Buncombe County since 2000, Adam Tanner is a well known performer and recording artist in a variety of traditional acoustic styles. In his work with the Crooked Jades, the Hunger Mountain Boys, Frank Lee, the Twilite Broadcasters, and solo, Tanner's music spans the genres of traditional Appalachian and progressive string band music, early bluegrass, and pre-War blues.
Read more about Adam TannerCole Mountain Cloggers
Read more about Cole Mountain CloggersMount Mitchell Crafts Fair
Handcrafters from all over the United States come to sell their wares including baskets, candles, kettle corn, pottery, stained glass, and so much more.
Read more about Mount Mitchell Crafts FairCole Mountain Cloggers Carry On Traditions
The Mars Hill-based Cole Mountain Cloggers are a team of sixteen cloggers between the ages of five and fifteen, from Madison, Buncombe, Henderson, and Avery Counties.
Read more about Cole Mountain Cloggers Carry On TraditionsStecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center
Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center
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Junior Appalachian Musicians
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Read more about Stoney Creek BoysJerry Sutton
Oldtime and country musician
Biltmore Lake, NC (Buncombe County)
Widely respected as a musician, Jerry Sutton is in the middle generation of a multigenerational family of musicians. He is the son of the late fiddler Grover Sutton, and the father of Leesa Sutton Brandon and Grammy Award-winning guitarist Bryan Sutton. Family and friends alike cite him as an important musical mentor.
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Mountain music band
Buncombe County, NC
For over forty years, the Stoney Creek Boys have been ambassadors of mountain music. Bass player Boyd Black explains that their music is a mixture of "bluegrass, country, western swing, and mountain folk tunes, because people are all different, and we hope to do something that everyone will enjoy."
Read more about Stoney Creek BoysArvill Scott
Square dance caller
Lansing, NC (Ashe County)
Arvill Scott grew up in Surry County amongst the region's traditional music and dance. When he was young, Arvill listened to mountain music from local station WPAQ on a transistor radio. He went to chicken stews and other social events at his uncle's home where he was exposed to old-time music and dancing. These experiences left a deep impression on Arvill. "I'm especially proud of being able to keep presenting traditional music, he says. "That's what's in my heart."
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