South Arts presents an annual fellowship to teacher-student teams of traditional artists in Appalachian counties, the Folk & Traditional Arts Cross-Border Mentor-Apprentice Program. Among the teams who have participated so far are old-time musicians Paul Brown and Trevor McKenzie; ballad singers Sheila Kay Adams and Ian Kirkpatrick; and fiddlers Bobby Taylor and L. Scott Miller. Visit southarts.org for information about the program, and videos from the mentors and apprentices.
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