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A weeklong celebration of old-time music and culture near the New River Gorge in West Virginia since 1990. Learn about the history, contests, concerts, workshops, and past winners of this festival also known as "Clifftop".
Learn about the origins, influences and development of Appalachian music, a folk tradition of the Eastern United States. Explore the ballads, fiddle tunes, church songs, and instruments of the region, such as the banjo, dulcimer, and guitar.
Old-time music is a genre of North American folk music with roots in British, European, African, and Native American traditions. It is played on acoustic instruments, especially fiddle and banjo, and is associated with dance, ballads, and regional styles.
Jake Blount is a versatile and genrequeer artist who specializes in African American traditional music and Afrofuturism. He has released acclaimed albums such as Spider Tales and The New Faith, and won the Steve Martin Banjo Prize in 2020.
Appalachian String Band Music Festival (aka Clifftop) Clifftop, United States: 1990 Augusta Heritage Festival: Elkins, United States: 1990s High Sierra Music Festival: Quincy, United States: 1991 Podunk Bluegrass Festival: Norwich, United States: 1996 Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival: Guthrie, United States: 1996 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Bluegrass music is a genre of American roots music that developed in the 1940s in the Appalachian region of the United States. It features acoustic instruments, vocal harmony, and a high, lonesome sound influenced by old-time, country, and jazz.
He was a frequent visitor to the Appalachian String Band Music Festival in Clifftop, Fayette County, West Virginia, where he won first prize in the fiddle competition for his age group. [5] McCumbers was featured in The New York Times in 1999. [6]
All Good Music Festival, [4] Masontown; Appalachian String Band Festival, [5] Clifftop; CMC's Food Truck Frenzy & Festival, Princeton; Dvorak/Gershwin Black History Month Festival, [6] Charleston; Gazette-Mail Kanawha County Majorette and Band Festival, [7] Charleston; Elkhenge Music Festival, [8] East Dailey; Festivall Charleston, [9] Charleston