Fiddle – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Aaron Ratcliffe

Aaron Ratcliffe plays and teaches old-time music on a number of instruments, and he is...

Susan Pepper, a ballad singer, multi-instrumentalist and educator, has been immersed in western North Carolina’s...

The Burnett Sisters Band includes four sisters who grew up in Boone, North Carolina, learning...

Barte Laney is a multi-instrumentalist from McDowell County, North Carolina. He learned “mountain fiddling” from...

Ken Stott is an old-time fiddler who lives on a farm in Rutherford County that...

Lester “Les” Woodie grew up playing music in western North Carolina with his brother and...

Clyde Moody was a bluegrass and country musician most well-known for his stint with Bill...

Frank Jenkins was an accomplished fiddle and banjo player, who made a number of commercial...

Fiddler Frank Blevins recorded eight sides for Columbia records at 16-years-old, with his brother Ed...

Old-time musician Emily Schaad plays strong and rhythmic fiddle, clawhammer banjo, and solid back-up guitar,...

Chris Testerman plays old-time music and builds fiddles, dulcimers, and other stringed instruments. Chris grew...

Amantha Mill is a community-oriented folk and bluegrass band based in Watauga County and named...