Biographies

This map contains the birthplaces of many of the artists from our region that have been influenced by and continue the musical traditions of the southern Appalachians.

"In no section of the South have the pre-war melodies and old mountaineer songs been better preserved than in the mountains of East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia."
Ralph Peer, 1927

In the left column: Select the first letter of the last name of an artist from our region to read a brief biography of them.