Banjo – Page 5 – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Jim Vipperman

Multi-instrumentalist and teacher Jim Vipperman grew up in a musically rich family and community in...

Widely respected as a musician, Jerry Sutton is in the middle generation of a multigenerational...

"We're blessed around here," says Caldwell County musician Tony Deal. "There are just a lot...

"I love dancing," says Amanda Wright Spencer. "That's been my way to be involved with...

Marsha Todd lives and breathes the old-time and bluegrass music of the Southwest Virginia-Northwest North...

As members of the popular family-based Whitetop Mountain Band, and as long-time teachers and ambassadors...

Kilby Spencer's oldtime music experience dates back further than he can remember. His parents, Thornton...

Jimmy Paschal grew up listening to bluegrass records and eight-track recordings and watching Hee-Haw. "I...

Born and raised in Grassy Creek, North Carolina, Randy Pasley immersed himself in traditional music...

"I've worked on them ever since I was a young man," Earl Moretz says of...

Ted and Janice Nixon of Yadkin County play bluegrass music together and perform in the...

Robby Norris is one of a younger generation of bluegrass musicians in Watauga County, and...