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| Folklife Festival 2003 > Appalachia> Performers > Ballad Singers |
| ballad singers | |||
| Sheila Kay Adams, Marshall,
North Carolina, banjo Jim Taylor, Marshall, North Carolina, guitar |
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—Sheila Kay Adams, more than anyone else,
has been working hard to preserve the ballad tradition in Appalachia.
She learned many of her songs from her great-aunt Dellie Chandler
Norton. She is a member of the Wallin/Chandler/Norton family, who
are known for their ballads. Folk song collector Cecil Sharp collected
songs from the family in 1916. She is accompanied by Jim Taylor. |
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| Laura Boosinger, Asheville, North Carolina, banjo | |||
| —Laura Boosinger began
playing Appalachian music at Warren Wilson College in 1978. In the
years since she has been studying the music of traditional folk artists
and performs on a variety of instruments. www.lauraboosinger.com/ |
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| Ginny Hawker, Cox Mill, West
Virginia, vocals Tracy Schwarz, Cox Mill, West Virginia, fiddle/guitar |
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| —Ginny Hawker
grew up singing with her father in southern Virginia, and as a youngster
she was influenced by the compelling unaccompanied singing of the
Primitive Baptist Church. She and her husband Tracy Schwarz sing powerful
songs from the mountains. Schwarz is a long-time member of the New
Lost City Ramblers. www.oldsongs.org/Hawker-Schwarz.html |
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| Bobby McMillon, Lenoir, North Carolina, guitar | |||
| —Bobby McMillon was
awarded a North Carolina Folk Heritage Award in 2000. He is a fine
ballad singer and storyteller and has appeared previously at the Smithsonian
Folklife Festival. www.ncarts.org/directory/bmcml_st.html www.unc.edu/~bbaker/bobbymcmillon.htm |
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| Randy Wilson, Big Creek, Kentucky, banjo | |||
| —Randy Wilson is an all-purpose musician, storyteller, dance caller, and children's entertainer from Clay County, Kentucky. | |||
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