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Music from the Crooked Road
Mountain Music of Virginia

TOURS EASTERN U.S. APRIL 2010

A NATIONAL TOUR OF OLD-TIME, BLUEGRASS, MOUNTAIN GOSPEL AND FLATFOOT DANCE FEATURING:

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Kirk Sutphin & Eddie Bond
Old-time banjo and fiddle
at its best
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Wayne Henderson
Wayne Henderson
Appalachian guitar master
National Heritage Fellow
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Amber Collins & Another Day
Amber Collins Band
Hot young bluegrass band
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Sammy Shelor
Sammy Shelor
Banjo virtuoso
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Whitetop Mountain Band
The Whitetop Mountain Band
Southwest Virginia's most popular family string band
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Elizabeth LaPrelle
Extraordinary keeper of mountain ballads and songs music sample


Winding for over 200 miles across the mountains, ridges and valleys of southwestern Virginia, the Crooked Road passes through some of the most musical places on earth.  For generations, the tiny rural Appalachian communities scattered along its length have produced an abundance of extraordinary traditional musicians. Keepers of an historic musical legacy from colonial times, they have created and passed on old-time, bluegrass and mountain gospel sounds that have profoundly influenced the development of American music. 

The Music From the Crooked Road tour celebrates the living musical culture of this region, which today not only survives, but thrives. The outstanding artists participating in this tour link the past, present and future of these deep American traditions.

2010 Tour Information

Fall 2007 West Coast Tour Press Coverage

Reviews from Audience Members


The Music from the Crooked Road: Mountain Music of Virginia tour is produced by the National Council for the Traditional Arts, and is presented in partnership with the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation.

Support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art, the Virginia Tourism Corporation, and The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail. This tour has been designated an NEA American Masterpieces program representing the best of American cultural heritage and legacy.

 

 

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