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Bill West

Bill West, a Madison County resident with east Tennessee roots, has been building banjos for...
Rick Ward playing banjo

Rick Ward

Rick Ward is steeped in Beech Mountain and Watauga County cultural lore, and he continues...
Kirk Sutphin

Kirk Sutphin

Kirk Sutphin grew up in Walkertown, North Carolina, heavily exposed to traditional music of the...
Mack Snoderly

Mack Snoderly

Dr. Mack Snoderly has been aptly described as a "fiddlers' fiddler." A native of East...
Jim Shumate

Jim Shumate

In the 1940s, musicians across the South began imitating a new sound created and popularized...
Rita Scott

Rita Scott

Rita Scott was born in Ashe County, and she was exposed to the traditional music...
Lyle Reedy

Lyle Reedy

Long-time Transylvania County resident Lyle Reedy first became interested in building fiddles when he moved...
Lucas Pasley playing fiddle

Lucas Pasley

Lucas Pasley lives in Alleghany County, the home of his father's family and the place...
Abigail Moore

Abigail Moore

Before her eighteenth birthday in June of 2006, Abigail Moore released her sixth album. The...