Fiddle – Page 6 – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Joe Thrift

Joe Thrift is a violin maker and fiddler who has steeped himself in all aspects...

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

"I just called it mountain music," David Sawyer says of his first memories of hearing...

Kelly Snider was still in her mother's womb when her father, Randy Sheets, first played...

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...

Multi-instrumentalist Jamey Spratt plays bluegrass banjo with bands from Rutherford County where he grew up,...

Kenneth McGinnis has been making music since the 1940s. He describes his playing as "Appalachian...

Nick McMillian carries on a long-standing family tradition, playing the old-time music of his home...

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

Twins Arnold and Alden Nunn grew up in a large farming family in Surry County...

Tal Holbrook's home and workshop are in the Traphill community of Wilkes County, near where...