Artist Directory

Traditional Artist – Percussionist – Band Leader Plena is a narrative, energetic, and percussive musical genre created in the early 1900s by working-class Puerto Ricans along the island’s …

Plena, Bomba, Mayagüez-style Plena, percussion, Afro-Puerto Rican Music

Chef Sunun is a native of Bangkok, Thailand who came to the U.S. in the early 2000's. In Bangkok she operated her own street cart for decades serving …

Thai Cuisine

I have taught Irish fiddle off and on for 23 years. Raised in Lynchburg with deep roots in Halifax County, I fell in love with Irish fiddle as …

Irish fiddle

Multi-instrumentalist Andrew Small has performed with artists ranging from Sierra Hull and Mandolin Orange to the North Carolina Symphony. A native of eastern North Carolina, Andrew now lives …

Old Time Fiddle, Old Time Banjo (clawhammer and fingerpicking), Bluegrass and Old Time Mandolin, Bluegrass and Old Time Guitar, Double Bass

Gina Sobel is a natural improviser. A virtuoso on multiple instruments (flute, sax, voice), she exudes energy and excitement in her live performances and is sought after as …

Flute, sax, voice, guitar, songwriting, piano, jazz studies

Natalie Spears is a multi instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and dance lover. She has performed heavily over the past 7 years and has played at the John Hartford Memorial Festival …

Banjo, Bass, Jamming 101, Piano

Martha Spencer is a singer-songwriter, mountain musician and dancer from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. She grew up in the musical Spencer family and learned to play …

Flatfoot dancing, old time banjo, fiddle, guitar

Lorie Strother, ‘The Dreaded BluesLady’ has performed her interpretation of Blues music since the 1990s. Lorie can’t remember a time when she wasn’t singing because it was something …

Blues Singing