Mike Seeger

Mike Seeger

male, 76 years old
from New York City, New Lost City Ramblers, autoharp, Appalachian dulcimer, musicology, fiddle…Folk musician, Old-time musician
Mike Seeger (b. August 15 1933 in New York, New York) is an American folk musician and folklorist. He was exposed to traditional music through his...
Bruce Molsky

Bruce Molsky

male, 54 years old
From Beacon, New York, Mozaic, Fiddlers 4, banjoist, old-time music, blues…Old-time musician
Bruce Molsky (b. Manhattan, New York, 1955) is an American fiddler, banjo player, guitarist, and singer. He primarily performs old-time music of...
Tommy Jarrell

Tommy Jarrell

male, deceased (1985)
Round Peak, motor grader, North Carolina Highway System, North Carolina Highway Department, Grader, National Endowment for the Arts…old-time music, Old-time musician
Tommy Jarrell (born Thomas Jefferson Jarrell, Surry County, North Carolina, March 1, 1901, United States; d. January 28, 1985, United States) was...
Clarence Ashley

Clarence Ashley

male, deceased (1967)
Appalachian culture, cancer, Old-time musician, folkways, folk music, American
Clarence "Tom" Ashley (September 29 1895 (or 1885?) - June 2 1967) was a 20th-century American clawhammer banjo player and singer. Born in Bristol,...
Charlie Poole

Charlie Poole

male, deceased (1931)
from North Carolina, eden, rockingham county, North Carolina musician, American, Old-time musician…musician
Charlie Poole (March 22, 1892 - May 21, 1931) was an American banjo player. Poole was born in Spray (now part of Eden), Rockingham County, in the...

Bob Carlin

male, 56 years old
from New York City, Frets Magazine, Cheick Hamala Diabate, Music of Mali, clawhammer, old-time…old-time music, Old-time musician
Bob Carlin (b. 1953 in New York City) is an American old-time banjo player and singer. Carlin performs primarily in the clawhammer style of banjo....
Brad Leftwich

Brad Leftwich

male
From Bloomington, rounder, old-time, banjoist, old-time music, fiddle…Old-time musician
Brad Leftwich is a prominent American old-time fiddle and banjo player and teacher. He is originally from Oklahoma. Leftwich was a founding member...
Dock Boggs

Dock Boggs

male, deceased (1971)
frailing, Appalachian culture, appalachia, banjo, Old-time musician, African-American…old-time music, old-time
Moran Lee "Dock" Boggs (February 7,1898-February 7, 1971) was an influential old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player. His style of play, as...
Hazel Dickens

Hazel Dickens

female, 74 years old
bluegrass, Bluegrass musician, folkways, American, matewan, mercer county…Old-time musician
Hazel Dickens (born June 1, 1935, Mercer County, West Virginia) is an American bluegrass singer. She was the eighth child of an eleven-child mining...
Rayna Gellert

Rayna Gellert

female
banjo, Old-time musician, fiddler, American, fiddle, old-time music
Rayna Gellert is an American fiddler and singer specializing in old-time music. She was born and raised in northern Indiana. Her father is the...