West Virginia old-time fiddler and banjo player John Morris is among the 2020 National Heritage Award Fellows. Also receiving the nation’s highest honor for folk tradition-bearers from the National Endowment… Read More →
Here & There
News & notes from around the old-time music world
In Quarantine
In 2020, old-time music has been thriving in the virtual world, with a huge array of concerts, classes, jams, and other offerings taking place on Facebook and elsewhere online. This… Read More →
Congrats: 2020 GRAMMY Nominees
The 2020 GRAMMY nominees include several old-time and other traditional musicians. In the Best American Roots Performance, Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi received a nomination for “I’m On My Way.”… Read More →
Congrats: North Randolph Historical Society
The North Randolph Historical Society was the first North Carolina recipient of a roadside marker in the Legends & Lore program of the Pomeroy Foundation. Placed in downtown Randleman, North… Read More →
Congrats: Bob Fulcher
Old-time musician, folklorist, and field recorder Bob Fulcher received the Bess Lomax Hawes National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. During the awards ceremony in Washington, DC,… Read More →
