Roscoe Holcomb
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Roscoe Holcomb was an American singer, banjoist, and guitarist from Daisy, Kentucky. A prominent figure in Appalachian folk music, Holcomb was the inspiration for the term "high, lonesome sound", coin
Roscoe Holcomb in 1962
Appalachian music
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Appalachian music is the music of the region of Appalachia in the Eastern United States. Traditional Appalachian music is derived from various influences, including the ballads, hymns and fiddle music
Roscoe Holcomb
…born Roscoe Halcomb; September 5, 1912 – February 1, 1981) was an American singer, banjoist, and guitarist from Daisy, Kentucky. A prominent figure in Appalachian folk music, Holcomb was the inspiration for the term "high, lonesome sound", coined by folklorist and friend John Cohen in 1959. It was meant to describe the…
Virginia stringband 1937
"A lamentable ballad of the little Musgrove", 17th century antecedent of "Matty Groves"
Scottish Fiddler Niel Gow
The Old Plantation, c.1790, shows African American slaves playing a banjo-like instrument, probably in Beaufort County, South Carolina.