Oldtime – Page 9 – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Jamey Spratt

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

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

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

Devin and Brendan McEnnerney carry on a family tradition performing, recording, and promoting their music....

Ernest Johnson has been playing bluegrass and old-time fiddle for more than 60 years, and...

Since the 1970s, Cecil Gurganus has been an active member of Watauga County's old-time music...

"Old-time music makes me happy," says Josh Hayes. He grew up in Wilkes and Watauga...

"I live in a really good area" says old-time fiddler Erika Godfrey Testerman. "I live...

Old-time and bluegrass fiddler Tim Gardner has been around traditional music since his early childhood,...

Raised in the heart of Surry County, Andy Edmonds became one of the area's old-time...

Riley Baugus, a North Carolina native who lives in Walkertown, began singing and playing music...

"It's a lost art, some of the ways people used to play," Jacob Bowen said...