In his thirties, Greg picked up a guitar and found that he was a natural songwriter, storyteller, and entertainer. He spent his early musical years performing near Cleveland, Ohio. It was there that he co-founded The Cleveland Songwriters in 1990, which is still in existence. Greg spent the next twenty years on the banquet circuit …
Do you play an instrument but are tired of playing alone in your garage? Been playing for years and years and want to share some of what you’ve learned? Like bouncing off concepts with fellow musicians? Do you sing? Maybe you just like to listen? The Orchard Music Jam meets every week on the pavilion. …
Do you play an instrument but are tired of playing alone in your garage? Been playing for years and years and want to share some of what you’ve learned? Like bouncing off concepts with fellow musicians? Do you sing? Maybe you just like to listen? The Orchard Music Jam meets every week on the pavilion. …
Do you play an instrument but are tired of playing alone in your garage? Been playing for years and years and want to share some of what you’ve learned? Like bouncing off concepts with fellow musicians? Do you sing? Maybe you just like to listen? The Orchard Music Jam meets every week on the pavilion. …
Do you play an instrument but are tired of playing alone in your garage? Been playing for years and years and want to share some of what you’ve learned? Like bouncing off concepts with fellow musicians? Do you sing? Maybe you just like to listen? The Orchard Music Jam meets every week on the pavilion. …
William plays banjo, fiddle, guitar, and other “string-ed things.” He is particularly interested in old mountain folkways, foodways, humor—ever eager to swap lies, half-truths, tales, and seeds. William serves as music director for the Happy Valley Fiddlers Convention. William is the founder and owner of Song-to-Seed, which offers programs featuring Appalachian Heirloom Seeds, heirloom songs, …
The Scatterlings are a three-piece acoustic/Americana band based in Asheville, North Carolina. The members share a fondness for songs about heartbreak, whiskey, and killings, although they promise they are actually all very peaceful people. Many of their original songs offer masterful personal storytelling, while others are steeped deep in local history. Members are Elfy Kornfeld …
Buffalo Cove is a North Carolina musical trio who play traditional and original music on acoustic instruments (guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, and bass) with Mary Ervin, Jim Rigel, Richard Ghent. Come hear them perform! They’ll make you tap your feet and dance to their upbeat, fun, Appalachian style music.
The Ruglifters Trio plays southern old-time music, the traditional songs and fiddle tunes of the Appalachian Mountains. Leo Shannon (fiddle), John Herrmann (banjo), and Meredith McIntosh (guitar) have been playing together for 10 years. In 2019, the full Ruglifters 5-piece band won first place at the prestigious Clifftop Appalachian Stringband Festival.
Since settling in Western North Carolina Don has become recognized as the man who could “really play” a dulcimer and his is an instrument well suited to playing traditional Southern Dance music. Well-known as one of the best dulcimer players today, he can make his dulcimer the lead or solo instrument on the most elaborate …