Mississippi John Hurt

Mississippi John Hurt

male, deceased (1966)
"Mississippi" John Smith Hurt (July 2, 1892, Teoc, Carroll County, Mississippi - November 2, 1966, Grenada, Mississippi) was an influential blues...
Big Bill Broonzy

Big Bill Broonzy

male, deceased (1958)
Big Bill Broonzy (June 26, 1893 or 1898 - August 15, 1958) was a prolific United States composer, recorder and performer of blues songs. "Big Bill"...
Doug Kershaw

Doug Kershaw

male, 73 years old
Doug Kershaw, born January 24, 1936, is an American fiddle player from Louisiana known as "The Ragin Cajun"<sup>1</sup>
Gid Tanner

Gid Tanner

male, deceased (1960)
James Gideon “Gid” Tanner was one of the earliest stars of what would come to be known as country music. His band, the Skillet Lickers, was one of t...
Andrea Zonn

Andrea Zonn

female, 40 years old
Andrea Zonn is a singer and virtuoso fiddle player who grew up in Champaign, Illinois. She grew up in an environment surrounded by music. She...
Ben Selvin

Ben Selvin

male, deceased (1980)
Ben Selvin (March 5, 1898 - July 15, 1980), son of Russian-immigrant Jewish parents, started his professional life at age 15 as a fiddle player in...

Amédé Ardoin

male, 111 years old
Amédé Ardoin was a Louisiana Creole musician, known for his high singing voice and virtuosity on the ten-button (diatonic or "Cajun") accordion. He...
D'Arcy Broderick

D'Arcy Broderick

male
D'Arcy Broderick an Newfoundland-Irish musician who plays fiddle, guitar, mandola, banjo, accordion and mandolin is best known as a member of the...

Arthur "guitar Boogie" Smith

male, 88 years old
Arthur Smith (born April 1, 1921 in Clinton, South Carolina) is an American musician and songwriter. Arthur Smith was a textile mill worker who...

Anita Phelan

female
Anita Phelan is a musician of mixed Icelandic and Irish origin, and member of British folk band Draioicht na hOiche. Officially known as Anita...