Country – Page 2 – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Del Reeves

Franklin Delano "Del" Reeves was born in Sparta, the youngest of 11 children. He learned...

Joseph Emmet (J. E.) and Wade Mainer, two of recorded country music's first stars, grew...

Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Chris Austin might never have gotten the attention he deserved for his...

Madison County has a well deserved reputation as a wellspring of musical talent, particularly as...

"With few exceptions, the piano does not play a prominent part in Appalachian music, and...

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

Carol Rifkin has been deeply involved in the music of Western North Carolina for decades,...

For over forty years, the Stoney Creek Boys have been ambassadors of mountain music. Bass...

Buddy Davis, a seventh-generation descendant of settlers of Madison County, enjoyed a long and varied...

Tim Surrett lives in Canton, where he was born and raised, and where he learned...

When Seth Taylor was a three-year-old country music fan, he asked his parents to give...

Ray Whisnant was born and raised in Caldwell County in the Valmeade community which is...