Music – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Aaron Ratcliffe

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

Elena Diana Miller, a traditional folk musician and storyteller, grew up in the hills of...

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

Jacob Carroll has lived in Spruce Pine, NC all of his life, and he has...

Gary Trivette grew up playing bluegrass and gospel in a musical family, and he has...

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

Michael Reno Harrell was born on the Tennessee side of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. His...

As a solo performer accompanied by his guitar, Richard Hurley writes and sings songs inspired...

With decades of performing and recording experience as a string band banjo, guitar and ukulele...

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

The New Southern Ramblers are the modern incarnation of a band that dates back to...

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