The Ozark Highballers are a three-to-four piece string band from Fayetteville, Arkansas. Since 2014 the Ozark Highballers have brought their music to square dances, farmers markets, festivals, workshops, as well as plain old street corners and front porches. Their music reflects the spirit and drive […]
Pura Coco, a rising star in the music world, brings a fiery passion to her unique blend of alternative R&B. With a background steeped in Latin culture and a southern upbringing, Pura Coco’s music is a melting pot of influences that create a sound all […]
Nate Olson is the Academic Director of the Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Roots Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University, where he teaches bluegrass and progressive acoustic bands, music theory, career seminars, private lessons, and teacher education courses. He earned his doctorate in music education […]
Affectionately known as “Professor E.J.”, Emmanuel Stokes serves as the Assistant Professor of Music History and Literature at Berea College. He directs the award-winning Berea College Black Music Ensemble, a sixty voice choir dedicated to the performance and preservation of African American gospel and sacred […]
Emily Schaad is Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Orchestral Activities at Clemson University, and orchestra director at South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities. She is active as a clinician, guest conductor, string pedagogy consultant, and old-time fiddler, and is a frequent […]
Kevin Kehrberg is a musicologist and professional bassist who studies histories of sacred musical expression in the U.S. He is a current volume editor for Sounding Spirit, a publishing initiative that marries influential religious songbooks of the past with digital innovation. His articles have appeared […]
Travis Stimeling (they/them) is professor of musicology and coordinator of programs in Appalachian music and Appalachian studies at West Virginia University. A scholar of commercial country and Appalachian traditional music, they have published numerous books and articles, including, most recently, Nashville Cats: Record Production in Music […]
Dr. J. Tyler Fritts is an ethnomusicologist studying community and race in the blues and Memphis music. He holds a BA in General Music (Berea College, 2007), a MM in Music History and Literature (University of Louisville, 2010), and a PhD in Musicology/Southern Regional Studies […]
Daniel Margolies is Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center in San Antonio where, among things, he produces the Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio, the first, oldest, and largest festival for this music. For 22 years he was Professor and Chair […]
Raquel Paraíso, a researcher, musician, and educator earned a B.A. in violin performance from the Conservatory of Music in Salamanca, Spain. She holds a Master’s in Violin Performance, a Master’s in Ethnomusicology, and a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her areas […]