A backstage look into the 2010 Music from the Crooked Road Tour of the Mid-Atlantic. Check out tour dates at www.ncta.net. The Tour is supported by a generous grant from the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation and many others. Come on down to the Crooked Road… you’ll be glad you did! Watch The Video

It is with tremendous sadness that we report the passing of Houston Caldwell, 18, of Galax, Virginia.  Houston was a most gifted and promising young banjo player, and a dear friend.  I met Houston about five years ago in Barr’s Fiddle Shop in Galax, where he studied with local banjo master Stevie Barr.  Houston immediately [...]

Catch Virginia Folklife this summer and fall at these great festivals. April 29-May 2: MerleFest, Wilkesboro, NC. May 29: Gathering in the Gap, Big Stone Gap, Virginia. June 19:  Wayne C. Henderson Festival and Guitar Competition, Grayson County, Virginia. July 9-11:  National Folk Festival, Butte, Montana: presenting Virginia artists, including the Whitetop Mountain Band from [...]