Joe Thompson At 90
Legendary North Carolina fiddler Joe Thompson turns 90-years-old today. He is widely recognized as being the last living link to a time when African American String Bands played for square dances...
View ArticleFiddler Joe Thompson Dies at 93
Old Time Fiddler Joe Thompson has died at the age of 93. Thompson was one of the last of a generation of African American string band musicians in North Carolina. As a young man he played for square...
View ArticleThe Legacy of Joe Thompson
Joe Thompson was a legendary fiddler, teacher and cultural icon. He passed away earlier this year after bringing new life to old-time string band music for many decades.
View ArticleAppalachian Music With Old Fashioned Stage Effects
While many popular musicians today seek out the newest digital technology to enhance their performances, there’s a young musical duo from rural Virginia who are moving in the opposite direction. Anna...
View ArticleWATCH: 10-Time Grammy Winner Bobby Hicks Performs In-Studio
Bobby Hicks had no intention of playing fiddle as a kid. He was playing mandolin in a band with his brothers when one of them asked for some help. "My brother had a friend he wanted in the band, but he...
View ArticleKannapolis: A Moving Portrait
North Carolina photographer Herbert Lee Waters created more than 200 films of people in communities across North and South Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee. He called the collection Movies of Local...
View ArticleHank, Pattie And The Current Meld Bluegrass With Bach
Classically-trained violinist and fiddler Pattie Hopkins Kinlaw and bluegrass banjo player Hank Smith might seem like an unlikely duo. But Hank Smith grew up testing the limits of his instrument and...
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