Scott Fore
About Me
Scott Fore is an internationally recognized guitarist having won the National Flatpicking Championships held in Winfield Kansas. He is also the Doc Watson guitar champion and the Wayne …
Areas of Expertise
Flatpick and Fingerstyle guitar
Rick Franklin
About Me
Rick Franklin was born in Alexandria, Virginia in 1952 to a military family. The family traveled the US and England until 1968 when the family returned to Virginia …
Areas of Expertise
Acoustic Fingerstyle Blues w/ Vocals aka Piedmont Blues
Scott Freeman
About Me
Originally from Mount Airy, North Carolina, and now hailing from Woodlawn, Virginia, Scott Freeman comes from a long line of musicians. His grandfather, from Ivanhoe, Virginia, played the …
Areas of Expertise
Mandolin, fiddle, guitar, and bass
Rayna Gellert
About Me
Rayna Gellert grew up in a musical family, and has spent most of her life immersed in the sounds of rural stringband music, heartfelt gospel songs, and old …
Areas of Expertise
old-time fiddle
Rick Godley
About Me
I enjoy helping others realize & reach their potential through music. I am a drummer and educator for over 35 years. I teach drum lessons six days a …
Areas of Expertise
Drum set, Snare drum
Justin Golden
About Me
Since 2016, I have been an instructor of Piedmont Blues Guitar at Augusta Heritage Center's Blues and Swing Week at Davis and Elkins College in West Virginia. Bio--- …
Areas of Expertise
Piedmont Blues and Gospel Guitar, Travis Picking, Aural Training
Cas Halliwell
About Me
I'm a musician and multi instrumentalist living in New Orleans that teaches old time music and blues as a full time job. I love the music of Virginia …
Areas of Expertise
old time fiddle, guitar and banjo
Tatiana Hargreaves
About Me
Over the past eight years, Tatiana Hargreaves has been on the forefront of an up and coming generation of old time, bluegrass and new acoustic musicians. Since releasing …
Areas of Expertise
fiddle, bluegrass, oldtime
Lesl Harker
About Me
Lesl Harker teaches and plays the Irish flute and tin whistle. Lesl serves as a master for the NJ and Pennsylvania State Arts Councils' folk arts Apprenticeship programs, …
Areas of Expertise
Irish flute and whistle, "old East Galway style"
Devonne Harris
About Me
DJ Harrison is Richmond VA-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Devonne Harris. The son of a radio DJ who introduced him to the world of record collecting, Harris grew up …
Areas of Expertise
Drums, Keyboards, Bass, Production
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