Bristol Rhythm Performers

• Adam Larkey and Mountain Time

  

  Adam Larkey, the son of Eric and Tammy Larkey of Erwin, Tennessee, is a 12 year old 7th grader at Unicoi County Middle School. At the ripe old age of...View More

• Adam Lawson

  

  Adam Lawson is a folk/country singer-songwriter from East Tennessee that puts a new spin on a traditional style of music. Mixing folk, country, rock, ...View More

• Afrolachia

  Jamie Dyer returns to the Reunion with Charlottesville guitar whiz Jamal Milner. Catch Jamie and Jamal Friday night and take a listen to the sonic co...View More

• Airen Terra

  

  ** Proudly Sponsored by Holston Medical Group (HMG) ** Wisconsin native, Spanish, French and English speaking Bohemian gypsy, who's energy...View More

• Amazed By Grace

  Amazed by Grace is a local Tri-Cities band, producing high energy praise music and harmony vocals that will encourage audiences to sing along, clap th...View More

• Amy Denton & Friends

  

  When it comes to Amy Denton & Friends, Amy acts as lead vocalist--and rightly so. Born and raised in Bristol, Denton has had a love of singing sinc...View More

• And The Moneynotes

  

  The good Doctor Horsemachine had quite a large supply of musical material rumbling around inside of his cranium but lacked the ability to extrude it. ...View More

• Annie Robinette

  

  What can we say about Little Annie Bynum? From early on, she's had artistic urges bursting out of her in all directions. As a child she rapidly became...View More

• Annie Robinette Band

  

  If you've seen Annie Robinette, you'll love her with the band! Enjoy the amplified sounds of ARB on Friday and Saturday!View More

• April Taylor

  

  ** Proudly Sponsored by CTMS ** April Taylor takes her musical heritage seriously but when your great grandfather wrote songs wi...View More

• Bearfoot

  

  A mere two years after their initial meeting as camp counselors, Bearfoot earned one of roots music's most prestigious awards - Telluride Bluegrass Ba...View More

• Blakley Leonard

  

  Blakley Leonard is a singer/songwriter from Southwest Virginia with a unique acoustic style. He is currently accompanied by his band The Calendar Effe...View More

• Blue Country

  The Blue Country Band was formed in 2002, by the late Joe Morrell and J.W. Addison. Joe and J.W. recorded their first CD by themselves. Since that t...View More

• Blue Mother Tupelo

  

  The husband and wife team of Ricky Davis (acoustic & electric guitars, dobro, vocals) and Micol Davis (piano, tambourine, vocals) began performing as ...View More

• Blues Explosion Showcase

  Featuring Rick Franklin, Eleanor Ellis, M.S.G. - Acoustic Blues Trio,Eliza Lynn, and Jill Fromewick.View More

• Bob Livingston

  

  BOB LIVINGSTON has never been a traditional Texas country musician living the honky-tonk life even though he's spent more than his share of time on th...View More

• Boozy Creek

  The Boozy Creek String Band is a family. Steven and Gerry are brothers, and Jake is Jeff's nephew. Scott Reed and Jeff have been friends since the 1st...View More

• Boss Hawg

  

  Boss Hawg's home pen is the mountain town of Boone N.C. The Hawg formed in 2003 at a party on the ridge of the Blue Ridge Mtns. The band quickly disco...View More

• Boulder Acoustic Society

  

  Old school but never old, Boulder Acoustic Society is the new wave of American roots music. It's what happens when four songwriters get together to ma...View More

• Breaking Tradition

  

  ** Proudly sponsored by Gastroenterology Associates ** The band resides in Bristol, TN and Bluff City, TN and has been together for year...View More

• Brian McGee & The Hollow Speed

  

  ** Proudly Sponsored by Holston Medical Group (HMG) ** Having spent his musical adolescence in Pennsylvanian punk rock trio Plow United, Bri...View More

• Buncombe Turnpike

  

  The Asheville based bluegrass band known as Buncombe Turnpike began in 1998. Three acclaimed albums and nine years later Buncombe Turnpike has grown f...View More

• Charles T. Zerner

  

  Charles Theodore Zerner grew up in France and the US, graduated with honors from Harvard University, and moved to New York to sing in the subways. ...View More

• Chorus House

  

  Chorus House is the moniker of songwriter Aaron Dowdy from Bristol, Va. The sound is considerably unique as it offers percussive folk songs that fuse ...View More

• Chris Volpe

  

  Chris Volpe's gentle vocals, padded by long strains on the harmonica, whining pedal steel and warm acoustic guitars, have a nice way of relaying some ...View More

• Clay Prewitt

  Once you've experienced These Undowners, come see the frontman play! Catch Clay Prewitt on Friday, September 18, at 8:00! View More

• Come On, Go with Us

  

  At the foothills of the Himalayas, on a camping trip, Dustin Hedrick, Chase McGill, Justin Mckenzie, Chris Hurt and Jacob Simpson sat in fear. Caught ...View More

• Corey Harris & The 5x5 Band

  

  Corey Harris has led the life of a musical explorer, traveling and listening all over the world. He's performed at many of the world's most well-known...View More

• Cotton Hill

  Songs of the Blue Ridge and Alleghany Mountains by songwriters Keven Rice and Bill Sphar feature scenes of old railroad towns, a Civil War battlefield...View More

• Curtis Eller

  

  Curtis Eller is New York City's angriest yodelling banjo player. He sings about pigeon racing, performing elephants and Jesus, all of which he has see...View More

• Cutthroat Shamrock

  

  Hailing from the foothills of east TN, Cutthroat Shamrock combines the speed of bluegrass with the drive and energy of punk rock and then tops it all ...View More

• Dailey and Vincent

  

  By Sarah Tollie Intern Twenty years experience. Seven IBMA awards. Two talents. One unique sound. With such strong accolades, you might expect to hear...View More

• Dale Ann Bradley & Kim Fox

  This is Dale Ann Bradley. She's the 2007 & 2008 IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year and has been hailed by Alison Krauss and Ricky Skaggs as one of the g...View More

• Dale Jett

  

  Singer and musician, Dale Jett is a native of Southwest Virginia. He is a third generation member of the legendary Carter Family. The son of Janette C...View More

• Dale Jett, Linda and David Lay

  VA Folklife Workshop - Songs of The Carter FamilyView More

• Darrell Scott Trio

  

  You need more than guts and good intentions to record a convincing all-covers CD of songs by the modern-day pantheon of great singer-songwriters, from...View More

• David Shultz & The Skyline Duo

  

  "Dripping thickly with catchy acoustic guitars, unabashed hometown storytelling and a voice that wavers between twang-y Dylan-esque and a more intelli...View More

• Dehlia Low

  

  Focusing on strong songwriting utilizing the sounds of early roots country and the ghosts of bluegrass past and present, Dehlia Low delivers the goods...View More

• Dr. Dog

  

  Dr. Dog has been creating music in various incarnations for a good four years now. Beginning with The Psychedelic Swamp, a concept album realized in t...View More

• Duty Free

  Duty Free started out as five guy that played music together in a lot of local jam sessions. As luck would have it, at one of the Tuesday night Farmer...View More

• East Tennessee Children's Choir

  

  Under the direction of Jane D. Morison, the East Tennessee Children's Choir is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization chartered in the state of Tenness...View More

• Ed Snodderly

  

  One of the select group of American "roots" musicians to appear in the Coen brothers' movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? (which was among other things a...View More

• Eliza Lynn Band

  

  "Enormous talent" proclaims Putumayo World Music of Eliza Lynn. Eliza sings with a "big, room-filling voice - think Peggy Lee meets Bonnie Raitt [and]...View More

• Elkville String Band

  

  ** Proudly sponsored by King College ** "Traditional Country Roots Music" is what we play. We have been told that we don't sound like any of the ...View More

• Emily Spencer, Ron Strewart,Houston Caldwell, & Cory Walker

  VA Folklife Workshop - BanjoView More

• ETSU Bluegrass Band

  

  ** Proudly Sponsored by United Southeast Federal Credit Union ** The East Tennessee State University (ETSU) Bluegrass band is comprised of members ...View More

• ETSU Celtic Band

  ETSU Celtic Band - this group of young artists, part of the ETSU Bluegrass Band, are under the direction of U.S Scottish Fiddling Champion Jane MacMor...View More

• Fiddlin' Carson Peters and The Rockhouse Stringband

  

  Five-year-old Carson Peters, or "Fiddlin' Carson Peters" as he is becoming known from Piney Flats, TN, is a true musical prodigy, quickly making a nam...View More

• Folk Soul Revival

  

  **Proudly sponsored by Gastroenterology Associates** Being based out of the Appalchians, with its rich, and traditional musical heritage, has hel...View More

• Fr. Edward James Richard

  As Father Richard says on his website, "Holy Mountain Bluegrass produces music in the bluegrass style that will lift your spirit and bring you a littl...View More

• Gene Watson

  

  By Sarah Tollie Intern "I always say I never did go looking for music," says musician Gene Watson. "Music found me." A native Texan, Watson spe...View More

• Gerald Anderson & Jimmy Edmonds

  Crooked Road Instrument MakersView More

• Goldmine Pickers

  

  **Proudly Sponsored by United Southeast Federal Credit Union** Goldmine Pickers have been brewing a fresh blend of acoustic music for audiences in ...View More

• Hart Creek

  

  Striving to bring praise and honor to their Savior Jesus Christ is why Hart Creek sings. They have been privileged to be a part of many different eve...View More

• Highway 11

  The Road US 11 travels through ten states from near the Canadian border in New York south to Lake Ponchartrain in Louisiana, but its mainly a small se...View More

• Hogwaller Ramblers

  

  The band began as a lark circa 1991 and quickly became an albatross. It started as an exercise in stress management, mostly through chemical abuse and...View More

• Holston Mountain Boys

  

  **Proudly sponsored by Gastroenterology Associates** Holston Mountain Boys originated by Gene Boyd and Leon Kiser. The boys today are carrying on...View More

• Holy Ghost Tent Revival

  

  ** Proudly sponsored by Dr. William Horne, DDS ** By Sarah Tollie Intern Greensboro is their playground, and the playground, their stage. ...View More

• Hoots and Hellmouth

  

  Philadelphia-based Hoots & Hellmouth creates new music for old souls. Blending the twisted roots of American music with their own feisty, independent...View More

• Ian Thomas

  

  Performing this year at Rhythm & Roots both solo and with a band, Ian Thomas draws on a variety of American roots influences, delivering his original ...View More

• Ian Thomas Band

  If you've experienced Ian Thomas live, experience him again--with his band!View More

• James Hand

  

  By Sarah Tollie Intern His 1996 album, Shadows Where the Magic Was, might have been James Hand's formal introduction to the country music world, b...View More

• Janie Grey

  

  Hints of The Band, The Beatles, and The Grateful Dead,with a heavy dose of great songwriting permeate Janie Grey's music with an end result being refr...View More

• Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit

  

  For a comparatively brief moment in the mid-1960s, Muscle Shoals, Alabama was the unlikely epicenter of a major American songwriting renaissance. Here...View More

• Jason Isbell Duo

  Before you experience the entire band, catch this duo on the Cameo Stage, Friday at 6:00 PM!View More

• Jeni & Billy

  

  Jewell Ridge Coal is the new record from acoustic duo Jeni Hankins and Billy Kemp. Drawing from Traditional Country, Appalachian, Old-time, Country Bl...View More

• Jim Lauderdale

  

  James Russell Lauderdale was born in Statesville, N.C. His father was a minister and his mother was a music teacher and choir director. He played drum...View More

• John Cowan

  

  Bluegrass, Newgrass, Rock N' Rollgrass. True innovators defy easy categorization and John Cowan is the ultimate innovator. His ability to move easily ...View More

• Junior League Band

  

  This quirky, eclectic release is equal parts folksy, bluesy, jazzy, and country. Lissy Rosemont sets the tone with her hypnotic vocals, and whether sh...View More

• Justin Townes Earle

  VA Folklife Workshop - SongwritingView More

• Justin Townes Earle

  

  Justin Townes Earle's age belies his experience. Growing up in Nashville he mis-spent his youth playing in bluegrass/ragtime combo The Swindlers and t...View More

• Kaitlyn Baker

  

  Fourteen-year old songbird Kaitlyn Baker of Pound, Virginia started singing in church when she was about seven or eight years old. Everyone was so ama...View More

• Karahann Kiser

  

  Karahann Kiser is a singer-songwriter from Bluff City. Growing up with a grandfather who had deep roots in bluegrass, she became accustomed to acousti...View More

• Kellin Watson

  

  Kellin has been playing music and writing songs for the past 12 years. Releasing her first demo album, Little things in 1998, Kellin got her first tas...View More

• Kimberly Lyons

  

  Influenced early by 70's style folk and southern rock, Kim expanded her influences to include country, alternative, Americana and Christian music. Th...View More

• Kindling Stone

  

  Two-hundred-year-old American sacred songbooks might not be the most obvious place to go looking for guidance on how to find balance in the fast-paced...View More

• Larry Keel

  VA Folklife Workshopo - A Musical ConversationView More

• Larry Keel and Natural Bridge

  

  By Sarah Tollie Intern As the name suggests, Blue Ridge band Larry Keel and Natural Bridge connect the past to the present, traditional to contemp...View More

• Left of Blue

  

  With a name like Left of Blue, this self-proclaimed "jazz & gypsy" fusion can only take its music outside of the box. NC-based Aubrey, Kim, Blue, and ...View More

• Linda Lay & Springfield Exit

  

  After putting their stamp on several of Cracker Barrel's Heritage Series CDs in early 2002, Linda and David Lay, along with David McLaughlin, decided ...View More

• Lost Creek Band

  

  Lost Creek has been blessed the last 30 years being able to do what they love best, playing bluegrass music. The play traditional and progressive blu...View More

• M.S.G. - Acoustic Blues Trio

  

  By Sarah Tollie Intern When Piedmont greats Cephas & Wiggins attend your show, willingly take seats by the stage, and clap and sing to the beat, y...View More

• Major Canty

  When he's not studying at Emory & Henry College singer/songwriter Major Canty can be found serving up soul food at his family's restaurant, Eatz on Mo...View More

• Martha Spencer & Jackson Cunningham

  The Whitetop Mountaineers is made up of Martha Spencer and Jackson Cunningham from the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. They are both members of the ...View More

• Martha, Emily, Thornton Spencer & The Sheets Family

  VA Folklife Workshop - A Crooked Road Old-Time ShowcaseView More

• Matt Butcher

  

  "This is music for late night drives," says Matt Butcher. "It sounds best at two in the morning on a winding country road." Me and My Friends, the deb...View More

• Mayhem String Band

  

  Music has worked its way into nearly every aspect of today's culture. Something in a song immediately sends the brain into a complex reaction involvin...View More

• Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper

  

  Award-winning fiddler Michael Cleveland brings his dynamic traditional bluegrass to the stage with his band, Flamekeeper, in a show that will leave th...View More

• Michael Cleveland, Adam Larkey, & Carson Peters

  VA Folklife Workshop - Passing The Torch Fiddle PlayersView More

• Michelle Malone

  

  By Sarah Tollie Intern She's well-versed in the streets, in medicine, and in activism, but Michelle Malone's greatest knowledge comes from within....View More

• Molly "Dee" & The Possum Playboys

  The Possum Playboys keep alive and vibrant the tradition of bands that once traveled the back roads of Appalachia, shedding musical personas as easily...View More

• Mountain Park Old Time Band

  

  Mountain Park Old Time Band has been together for 1 1/2 years and consists of Johnny Gentry on Guitar, Dobro, Vocals, and sometimes Fiddle. Nancy Gent...View More

• Nathan Blake Lynn

  

  Nathan Blake Lynn brings together the deep traditions of bluegrass and country music. His songs define his childhood days running through the backwate...View More

• North Fork Switchgrass

  

  North Fork Switchgrass formed in the rolling hills of East Tennessee and is committed to creating an original sound. Their instrumentation gives them ...View More

• Old Line Skiffle Combo

  

  By Sarah Tollie Intern Silver Spring, Maryland. Liverpool, England. 3515.5 miles in-between. Can such a disparate distance weave a common thread? ...View More

• Old, Fat & Sloe

  

  Old, Fat & Sloe is based in Wise County, Virginia. The band's major focus is Blues, Blues Rock, and anything else that tickles their collective fancy....View More

• OverDrive

  As the band's name suggests, OverDrive packs a powerful performance. Catch the band at our festival, Saturday, September 19. View More

• Paleface

  

  More than a decade since his last major label release, PALEFACE, a founding member of NYC's Anti-folk movement, is back with The Show Is On The Road (...View More

• Pathway

  

  So, who is Pathway? Pathway consist of 3 brothers, a son and 2 good friends of the family. Pathway is Mountain Roads Recordings newest edition. M...View More

• Patty Loveless

  

  **Proudly brought to you by The United Company** Always, Patty Loveless connects. Going heart to heart with her listeners, she sings their joys an...View More

• Peaces of Way

  

  Peaces Of Way is a three peace musical ensemble, best described as an experimentalacousticmusicadeafro/celticpsychedelicjazzyamericanafolkrockin 'moun...View More

• Pete Kartsounes

  

  By Sarah Tollie Intern For Boulder, Colorado resident Pete Kartsounes, life is multidimensional. The self-proclaimed "singin'/songwritin', mountai...View More

• Peter Rowan

  

  By Sarah Tollie Intern Some people know their passion from birth. Others discover it later in life. For bluegrass artist Peter Rowan, the latter r...View More

• PJ Steelman & Lawrence Ealey

  

  Musical beginnings from the everglades of Florida to the red clay of south Georgia, passing through Atlanta and on into the Great Smoky Mountains, mak...View More

• Pleasant Hill

  Be sure to catch the musical stylings of Pleasant Hill at the festival.View More

• Pokey Lafarge

  

  Pokey LaFarge was born in the heartland of America and took to the open roads at a young age, earning the key to the freedom by hitching rides and wri...View More

• Ralph Jeffers

  

  Here's the thing. I dig the process of creating songs, playing wherever ears invite and simply entering into the conversation with folks about how fai...View More

• Rambling Rose

  Wrap yourself in the sounds of Rambling Rose. It's a performance you'll be talking about, too.View More

• Randy Hixson

  Born and raised in Johnson City, Tennessee in 1963, Randy has played with many groups in his musical career. Ranging from blues ,funk to rock-n-roll...View More

• Ras Alan and The Lions

  

  What do country music and Ras Alan's Appalachian reggae have in common? Both were featured on Country Music Television's Small Town Secrets, when it s...View More

• Reagan Boggs

  

  Songwriters can be stereotyped as being gifted lyricists without the ability to stretch a note. Reagan Boggs is an accomplished songwriter with a voic...View More

• Real Country

  

  This local act is good at capturing two kinds of music: country and western. Blues Brother references aside, Real Country has been performing "real co...View More

• Reverend Frank Newsome & Jim Lauderdale

  VA Folklife Workshop - Gospel From The CoalfieldsView More

• Rich and The Po' Folks

  

  Rich and the Po' Folks dates to the spring of 2006 when a group of friends got together with a common goal....to build a band on their shared love for...View More

• Rick Franklin & Eleanor Ellis

  

  Since 1981, Rick Franklin has been playing and singing the Blues at local festivals and community events. Rick's musical style of blues is known as t...View More

• Rieck's Hicks

  Rieck's Hicks (pronounced Rick's Hicks) was formed three years ago. It consists of the string students (current and past) of Brian Rieck of Brian K. R...View More

• Roan Mountain Hilltoppers

  

  Bill and Janice Birchfield are from Roan Mountain Tennessee. Janice is the manager of the band. The band originally consisted of Bill, Janice, Joe, an...View More

• Roger Rasnake

  

  A gifted songwriter and guitarist, "Bristol Boy" Roger Rasnake has a knack for turning powerful life experiences into poignant melodic stories. A w...View More

• Ron Dunbar

  

  In the early 90's Ron picked up a song writing habit and a fat, yet hungry baby named petrified folk was born. To this day, Ron's songwriting reminds ...View More

• Rum Drum Ramblers

  

  What does dirty punk rock and down-home delta blues have in common? In short, the genres both reflect "struggle music." That being said, it is no surp...View More

• Sam Quinn + Japan Ten

  

  With the everybodyfields taking a break in early 2009, Sam Quinn is stepping out in front with some new tunes, fresh faces and maybe even a new pair o...View More

• Samantha Crain and The Midnight Shivers

  

  There is inspiration beyond the crutches of anxiety and self-contempt. A soul realizing its full potential removed from a dim and murky den is a breed...View More

• Sarah Siskind

  Sarah will be performing with her band throughout the weekend. This is an opportunity to see what a great solo artist she is.View More

• Sarah Siskind Band

  

  It's obvious from the title track of Sarah Siskind's new album, Say It Louder, that a goal for her life and songwriting is potent, from-the-gut expres...View More

• Scythian

  

  **Proudly sponsored by Gastroenterology Associates ** By Sarah Tollie Intern Classically-trained, and party-minded, Washington, DC band Scyt...View More

• Sierra Hull and Highway 111

  

  By Sarah Tollie Intern As she sits, perched on the edge of her seat, mandolin in hand, and strumming at its strings, sixteen-year old bluegrass ph...View More

• Sigean

  

  Jean Adams was raised in Perth, Scotland and plays fiddle, bodhran and is lead vocalist with Sigean. Jean is a very experienced musician and singer an...View More

• Singer-Songwriter Showcase

  You won't want to miss this event. Come on by the historic Paramount & check it out, Saturday at 3:00 PM!View More

• Skeeter & The Skidmarks

  

  Skeeter and the Skidmarks astonish with their instrumental mastery and fine singing. Pulled together by their friendships and their unique sound, Ske...View More

• Slow Motion Trio

  

  Slow Motion Trio has a unique sound and flavor that has been hung with many labels. Eclectic is a word that springs forth. As is polished. Original...View More

• Smokestack & The Foothill Fury

  

  SmokeStack and the Foothill Fury or just Smokey himself have shared the bill with some mighty fine acts. Including Colonel Bruce Hampton, The Derek Tr...View More

• Sons of Bill

  

  **Proudly Sponsored by King College** It starts with the music. A sound that's all too familiar, yet somehow resists an easy definition. Too edgy f...View More

• South Mouth

  

  South Mouth was born on a hot, sticky, Southern night in July deep in the mountains of East Tennessee. All 5 of its members are experienced showman w...View More

• Susan Brown & Friends

  

  The Bristol Herald Courier describes Susan Brown as "a blend of Alison Krauss and Emmylou Harris with a bit of rock-and-roll thrown in for good measur...View More

• T.C. and the High Road Band

  

  It hasn't taken long for TC & The High Road Band to make a name for themselves, even though the band members are young. In fact, the guys in this cl...View More

• Ted Olson

  

  For more than 25 years, Ted Olson has performed folk ballads, songs, and tunes from the U.S.A.(particularly from Appalachia and the South), as well as...View More

• Tennessee Borderline

  

  Carly Booher plays mandolin and sings lead and backup vocals for Tennessee Borderline. Carly is 18 years old and lives in Bristol Va. She has been sin...View More

• Tennessee Skyline

  

  The musicians that make up Tennessee Skyline are some of the most-talented and best-known musicians in the music-rich area of eastern Tennessee. They ...View More

• The 23 String Band

  

  The 23 String band hails from the Cumberland Valley portion of Kentucky. Performing with humorous repartee and instrumental prowess, while weaving in ...View More

• The Belleville Outfit

  

  With a tight, seamless, and an acoustic sound that's uniquely theirs, a mix of gypsy swing, big band jazz and cross-genre Americana music, original so...View More

• The Black Lillies

  This Knoxville-based band, comprised of Cruz Contreras on vocals, guitar, & mandolin, Leah Gardner on vocals & guitar, Tom Pryor on electric guitar & ...View More

• The Cheeksters

  

  "Timeless, Tuneful and Terrific" these words capture the essence of Asheville's Brit-Pop sensations The Cheeksters. The oh-so-catchy melodies and i...View More

• The Coal Men

  

  By Sarah Tollie Intern **Proudly Sponsored by WXBQ** The band might be known as "one of Music City's strongest, nerviest rock acts," but The Co...View More

• The Corduroy Road

  

  **Proudly sponsored by Dr. William Horne, DDS ** Since its inception by Drew Carman and Dylan Solise in early 2006, The Corduroy Road has molded ...View More

• The Corklickers

  

  **Proudly Sponsored by Holston Medical Group (HMG)** The Corklickers, an old-time string band from the mountains of northwest North Carolina , draw...View More

• The Dan Tyminski Band

  

  By Sarah Tollie Intern With a twenty-year career that has covered the mountains of East Tennessee, the bright lights of Music City, and even Holly...View More

• The Floorbirds

  

  By Sarah Tollie Intern The power of two. This simple sentiment echoes endlessly from the stereo and the stage where The Floorbirds play. Daniel an...View More

• The Fox Hunt Band

  

  Serving up dirt-laden tales of substance abuse, lonely highways, infidelity, damnation, and redemption, Martinsburg, WV's the Fox Hunt play a brand of...View More

• The Grit Pixies

  

  In a scene dominated by bluesmen, Grit Pixies deliver more sound per square inch than your average blues duo, in cute dresses to boot. With one guita...View More

• The Hackensaw Boys

  

  You see them in the early hours of the morning walking hotel corridors, or boldly traversing rush hour streets. They are sincere, polite but talkative...View More

• The Harlow Experience

  

  Proudly Sponsored by Virginia Log Homes The Harlow Experience is truly a Bristol roots band. It began here in Bristol when Marvin Harlow got his f...View More

• The Harwell Grice Band

  

  For the past three years, the Harwell Grice Band has been entertaining audiences throughout Southwest Virginia. Their hard-driving original bluegrass ...View More

• The Johnson Swingtet

  

  Inspired by the jazz music of the 1930s-50s, the Johnson Swingtet draws its muse from the great jazz artists of the past to create one hot swing revue...View More

• The Midnight Ramblers

  

  The Midnight Ramblers got its humble beginning approximately three years ago and has since added accomplishment after the next to its history. Startin...View More

• The Morning Pages

  

  It began during a downtown Manhattan loft party on New Years Eve of 2008. A somewhat intoxicated Grant Maxwell, lead singer of The Morning Pages, was ...View More

• The Murphy Beds

  The Murphy Beds are an acoustic music group featuring New York City musicians Eamon O' Leary (vocals, banjo, guitar, bouzouki), Jefferson Hamer (vocal...View More

• The New Familiars

  

  **Proudly sponsored by Dr. William Horne, DDS ** From the foothills of Appalachia a new musical combo has appeared; grown from seeds of the folk,...View More

• The Packway Handle Band

  

  It all started in Athens, Georgia in 2001 during a most peculiar spell when 5 or 6 bluegrass bands circulated the town. The famous Athens, which had ...View More

• The Possum Creek Reunion

  See the best in jamming when this group of musicians get together for their annual jam at Bristol Rhythm & Roots ReunionView More

• The Sheets Family

  

  The Sheets FAMILY live in the mountains of western NC. Their influences are the Carter Family, EC Ball, Ola Belle Reed. the Louvin Brothers, Earnest S...View More

• The Smart Brothers

  

  On the horizons of the roots revival, The Smart Brothers are at the forefront of progressive Americana. Performing unplugged on street corners or ampe...View More

• The SteelDrivers

  

  By Sarah Tollie Intern Nashville plays host to a variety of musical genres: country, folk, Americana, bluegrass, rock, and even soul. At this sonic ...View More

• These Undowners

  

  Soaking up influence from backwoods folk to front-porch funk, These Undowners hold fast to a simple mantra: keep the energy high and the harmony tight...View More

• Those Darlins

  

  **Proudly Sponsored by Holston Medical Group (HMG)** The best pop groups create their own universe, and make up their own ways of playing music and...View More

• Tim O'Brien

  

  By Sarah Tollie Intern "If you want to live life, you'd better get in it." For Tim O'Brien, such a simple line encapsulates his lengthy stint in t...View More

• Town Mountain

  

  Imagine the band that occupies the common ground between traditional bluegrass, outlaw country, and pure old time mountain music. A group that harness...View More

• Trampled by Turtles

  

  **Proudly Sponsored by King College** Trampled by Turtles is an acoustic quintet from Duluth, MN. Based on their instrumentation, the initial insti...View More

• Trent Wagler and The Steel Wheels

  

  Trent Wagler & the Steel Wheels perform Original Americana Roots Music. Their acoustic music ranges from old time, country folk, infused with elements...View More

• Turbo Pro Project

  Turbo - Acoustic/Electric banjos Adrian "Turbo" Trbovich has played all over the country sharing his unique approach to the banjo. He first had the ...View More

• Wall of Pop (Catbird Seat)

  

  Some families watch sports. The Pops play music. For over 20 years, the Pop family has been in dispersion: Jonny fronting punk bands, Dingo playing ...View More

• Webb Wilder & The Beatnecks

  

  Hardly a purist, he has described the music he and his band, The Beatnecks, make as, "Rock for Roots fans and Roots for Rock fans." In essence: Rock a...View More

• Wheeler

  

  **Proudly sponsored by King College** Wheeler recently received a standing ovation at Song of the Mountains. Once you have an op...View More

• Whiskey Bent Valley Boys

  

  By Sarah Tollie Intern When asked about their music, the Whiskey Bent Valley Boys' answer is really quite simple. They play a powerful mix, "pound...View More

• Whitetop Mountain String Band

  

  The Whitetop Mountain String Band is still carried on today by Thornton Spencer on fiddle, and Emily Spencer on banjo and vocals. Their daughter Marth...View More

• Wires and Wood

  In the summer of 2001, Mark Mervis along with Eric McMurray of The Scott County Boys and Moccasin Gap joined forces with other talented and seasoned m...View More

• Woody Pines

  

  How many artists, besides the late Johnny Cash, open with a prison song? Roots and blues musician Woody Pines probably found himself in an exclusive c...View More

• Yarn

  

  Yarn's organic blend of alt- country music has the warmth of old vinyl, the soul of Gram Parsons and the lyricism and profound musicianship that only ...View More