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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Jimmy Triplett & Howard Rains – Tunes from Clifftop 2019
"The first is a tune call Nancy Ann. I learned it from Mose Coffman on a visit back in 1994. He knew the tune from an older fiddler named Glen Gillespie, but...
Mark C. Campbell: Growing up on oldtime in the Shenandoah Valley
Co-authored by Mark C. Campbell & Rachel Krause
Mark C. Campbell is an oldtime musician based in Richmond, Virginia. Mark grew up in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, where...
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...
