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When North Carolina duo Violet Bell started recording their debut album, they planned to feature a drummer, plus band Lizzy Ross and Omar…

When North Carolina duo Violet Bell started recording their debut album, they planned to feature a drummer, plus band Lizzy Ross and Omar…

Classically-trained violinist and fiddler Pattie Hopkins Kinlaw and bluegrass banjo player Hank Smith might seem like an unlikely duo. But Hank Smith grew…

Classically-trained violinist and fiddler Pattie Hopkins Kinlaw and bluegrass banjo player Hank Smith might seem like an unlikely duo. But Hank Smith grew…

North Carolina photographer Herbert Lee Waters created more than 200 films of people in communities across North and South Carolina, Virginia and…

North Carolina photographer Herbert Lee Waters created more than 200 films of people in communities across North and South Carolina, Virginia and…

Joe Thompson was a legendary fiddler, teacher and cultural icon. He ed away earlier this year after bringing new life to old-time string band music…

Joe Thompson was a legendary fiddler, teacher and cultural icon. He ed away earlier this year after bringing new life to old-time string band music…

Old Time Fiddler Joe Thompson has died at the age of 93. Thompson was one of the last of a generation of African American string band musicians in North…

Legendary North Carolina fiddler Joe Thompson turns 90-years-old today. He is widely recognized as being the last living link to a time when African…