Bascom Lamar Lunsford

Bascom Lamar Lunsford

male, deceased (1973)
Bascom Lamar Lunsford (March 21, 1882 - September 4, 1972) was a lawyer, folklorist, and performer of traditional (folk and country) music from...
Jem Finer

Jem Finer

male, 54 years old
Jeremy "Jem" Finer (born July 20, 1955) is a British musician and composer. He was one of the founding members of The Pogues. He was primarily a...
Roy Clark

Roy Clark

male, 76 years old
Roy Linwood Clark (born 15 April 1933, Meherrin, Virginia) is a versatile and well-known country music musician and performer. He is best known for...
Wade Ward

Wade Ward

male, deceased (1971)
Wade Ward (1892-1971) was an American old-time music fiddler and banjoist from Independence, Virginia. He was especially renowned for his...
Etta Baker

Etta Baker

female, deceased (2006)
Etta Baker (born Etta Lucille Reid in Caldwell County, North Carolina, March 31, 1913, died September 23, 2006 in Fairfax, Virginia) was a Piedmont...
Dan Levenson

Dan Levenson

male
Dan Levenson is an American old-time musician and storyteller. He sings and plays the five-string banjo, fiddle, and guitar, specializing in the...
Burl Ives

Burl Ives

male, deceased (1995) (Terre Haute, Indiana, United States)
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (14 June 1909 - 14 April 1995) was an Academy Award winning American actor and acclaimed folk music singer and author. He...
Hobart Smith

Hobart Smith

male, deceased (1965)
Hobart Smith and his sister, Mrs. Texas Gladden, first came to be known to the public through a record made in 1963, recorded by Alan Lomax for the...
Tommy Makem

Tommy Makem

male, 77 years old
Tommy Makem (born November 4, 1932) is an internationally celebrated folk musician, artist, poet and storyteller from Ireland, most known as a...

Ray Goins

male, deceased (2007)
Ray Goins was an American bluegrass banjoist. Born in Bramwell, West Virginia, he was – during a 50-year career – member of the Lonesome Pine Fidd...