GREENSBORO, N.C. -- North Carolina has a lot of homegrown talent.
And you'll be able to see a lot of that talent at the North Carolina Folk Festival in downtown Greensboro this September 7-9.
NC Folk Festival organizers just announced the artists set to be at the 3-day event who are all from the land of the pines.
Performers from North Carolina
Bobby Hicks, Mark Kuykendall and Asheville Bluegrass, Bluegrass; Madison County, NC
Bobby Hicks and Mark Kuykendall-- bluegrass veterans who have a combined 110 years of professional experience between them -- are known for fiddle and banjo innovation. They will perform with Asheville Bluegrass, adding mandolin, bass, vocals, and a second banjo to their performance. Hicks has won 10 Grammy Awards, and is a 2014 recipient of the North Carolina Heritage Award.
Connie Steadman, Gospel singer and storyteller; Yanceyville, NC
At 79 years old, Connie Steadman has been singing spirituals and gospel songs for fully three-quarters of a century, having been pulled into her family's a cappella quartet when she was only five years old. She is the recipient pf the prestigious North Carolina Heritage Award, presented every other year by the North Carolina Arts Council.
Arnold Richardson, Haliwa-Saponi musician, craftsperson, and storyteller; Hollister, NC
Arnold Richardson is a master carver of stone, wood and gourds; an expert bead artist and potter, leather worker; and self-taught flautist and Native American flute maker. Richardson’s efforts to revitalize the cultural heritage of eastern North Carolina’s American Indians have long been credited for the resurgence of artistic vitality among the eastern tribes. He is also a North Carolina Heritage Award recipient.
Cabin Creek Boys, Old-time music; Southwest Virginia and Northwest North Carolina
The Cabin Creek Boys play old-time hillbilly music from the mountains of southwest Virginia and northwest North Carolina. Led by multi-instrumentalist and award-winning husband and wife duo Chris and Erika Testerman of Lansing, North Carolina. The band also includes Jackson Cunningham of Grant, VA on guitar; Karlie Keeper of Sparta, NC on claw-hammer banjo; and Jerry Steinberg of Salem, VA, on bass.
The Rorrer Boys old-time/bluegrass music, Rockingham County, NC
Doug Rorrer and his son Taylor Rorrer, along with guitarist Scott Manring form The Rorrer Boys. Doug and Taylor were inspired and taught by Doug’s great-uncles Charlie Poole and Posey Rorer and carry forward their family’s musical tradition through teaching and performance.
NC Folklife Potters
Darrin Bark, Cherokee tradition
Darrin Bark draws from his family's rich artistic heritage and from the history of Cherokee ceramics in creating his distinctive gleaming black pottery.
Gabe Crow, Cherokee tradition
Through his accomplished pottery, basket weaving, and teaching, Gabe Crow is helping to ensure that artists of his generation and younger will carry on Cherokee craft traditions.
MD Flowers, Catawba Valley tradition
A member of one of North Carolina's oldest pottery communities, MD Flowers is the only woman actively representing the Catawba Valley's wood-fired ceramic tradition.
Sid Luck, Seagrove tradition
A legend in the state's world-renowned Seagrove pottery community, Sid Luck is a sixth-generation potter, and has been recognized with the North Carolina Heritage Award.
Senora Richardson Lynch, Haliwa-Saponi Tribe
Senora Lynch, a North Carolina Heritage Award recipient, is nationally renowned for her exquisite and richly symbolic hand coiled pottery.
Hal and Eleanor Pugh, Historical pottery techniques
Hal and Eleanor Pugh of New Salem Pottery dedicate themselves to preserving Quaker, Moravian, and other early pottery traditions of North Carolina, as well as to their original lines of redware and stoneware.
How to Follow NC Folk Festival
- Facebook: @NCFolkFestival
- Twitter: @NCFolkFestival
- Instagram: @NCFolkFestival
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