Tommy Jarrell (1901-1985) – fiddler & banjo player from Surry County, North Carolina
I'm one of the many oldtime musicians out there who got truly infected with a love for clawhammer banjo and oldtime fiddle as a result of the classic recordings of Tommy Jarrell...
Kevin Fore of Surry County, NC and Galax, VA (Carroll County)
If you want to hear a living master of the different styles of clawhammer banjo that emerged from the Round Peak community, listen to Kevin Fore.
But Kevin doesn't just play banjos: he makes them....
Trish Kilby Fore – Interview and CD review
Trish Kilby Fore grew up surrounded by music in her hometown of Lansing in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Her new CD Clawhammer Banjo: Blue Ridge Style features her very...
Iowa fiddler Alan Murphy
Alan Murphy is one of the greats of Midwest fiddling and one who deserves to be known well beyond the region.
Born in Sibley, Iowa in 1945 and raised in Iowa City, Murphy came from...
Rachel Eddy + Roger Netherton
Here's a video I've been dying to get out there. Rachel and Roger very graciously took time at this year's Clifftop to talk about how they got into playing oldtime. Rachel also shared her...
Bruce Molsky: an interview
When I heard that Bruce Molsky was going to be playing with Molsky's Mountain Drifters at the 2019 Fire in the Mountain in rural Wales – a wonderful festival I've visited for...
Rhona Dalling
Rhona Dalling is a fiddle player and songwriter from Newcastle Upon Tyne. She was early introduced to the folk scene by her musician father: an accordionist, songwriter and performer. With Scottish and...
Interview with Allison de Groot
Can you tell me about your path to oldtime?
"The first time I heard clawhammer banjo was Leonard Podolack playing on an album by The Duhks, a band from...
Graham Dezarn
I grew up from the Northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, where I still live. My parents spent a lot of time at the Bluemont contradances and my dad was a fiddle...
