The Gladson Family Band and Sarah Pirkle & Jeff Barbra will play a fundraiser for Junior Appalachian Muscians programs with proceeds to go to Smoky Mountain JAM and Hancock County […]
Mike and Marcia of Roane County, Tennessee are regular performers at the Laurel and have played old-time music since the late 1970s. In 2018 they release an album with Paul […]
Based out of Louisville Kentucky, Mama Said String Band is a four-piece collection of songwriters & players, David O’Neal, Katie “Didit” Caudill, Kaitlen Farmer, and Kris Potts. Each member brings […]
Knoxville based Blue Ridge Gathering are Cody Bauer on fiddle, Jessica Watson on banjo and guitar and Duck Ryan on banjo and guitar. Their music is based on regional old-time […]
The Old Marshall Jail Ballad Swap, hosted by eighth-generation ballad singer Donna Ray Norton, celebrates Appalachian heritage. This informal gathering offers a glimpse into an age-old practice, bringing together singers […]
The Tennessee Sheiks represent the sweep of American roots music. These eclectic musicians trade solos on swing, bluegrass, blues, alt country, jazz, and originals, creating a distinctive exchange and synergy […]
Eddie Lynn Snodderly was born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, to a father who was a Fuller Brush salesman and a mother who was, in his words, a “housewife extraordinaire.” […]
Jay Clark has been a staple in the East Tennessee music scene for more than 25 years, supplementing his career as a scientist with performing his songs across the Southeast […]
Matt Heckler is a solo multi-instrumentalist that keeps to the darker side of old time, balladry, and early bluegrass with detours to the mountains of Eastern Europe or a dimly […]
Sam Lewis is a songwriter based out of Nashville whose music invariably circles back to a universal truth: "We are all trying to get somewhere — all running from something […]