Estela Diaz Knott grew up in the Shenandoah Valley, daughter of a Scots-Irish factory worker, and a Mexican mother. Estela’s family has been a beacon for migrant farmworkers and Spanish speaking immigrants for 50 years. As a child she was rooted in the clogging traditions […]
David Berzonsky is an accomplished bassist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. His original compositions and arrangements are in homage to his Jewish and Appalachian heritage, seeking to re-root old world melodies into the rich rhythmic soil of the New World. He is a member of the Virginia […]
Luna Berzonsky is a talented multi-instrumentalist and graphic artist, who fulfills a number of roles in Lua Project— on percussion, violin, jarana, and vocals. She has performed widely with the group over the past year and a half, charming audiences with her crystalline high harmonies […]
Dr. Sophia Enríquez (she/her) works at the intersections of Latino and Appalachian music, migration, and regional culture. She is an Assistant Professor of music at Duke University where she also teaches in the Program for Latino/a Studies in the Global South. Sophia earned her PhD […]
Fredi Vega is a member of Los Vega, a leading family of the son jarocho tradition. Born in Boca de San Miguel in the south of Veracruz, Fredi learned son jarocho from his early years and is a prolific jarana player, singer, and dancer. Fredi is […]
Isaac Stroupe began playing mandolin at age 5 is his family’s bluegrass band in Gaston County, North Carolina before discovering the music of 78rpm records, taking up guitar, and intensely studying the styles of rural guitarists of the 1920s and ’30s. Using these styles as […]
A devoted student of traditional string band styles and repertoires, Van Burchfield has studied and performed old time string band music for over a decade on guitar, banjo, and fiddle. Born and raised in South Carolina, he currently makes his home in Nashville, TN.
Sarah Adams grew up playing music in Dahlonega, Georgia. She was one of the first students to participate in the Georgia Pick & Bow Traditional Music School program, learning and later teaching mandolin, and performed regularly with her brother and sister throughout north Georgia. After […]
Brennan Breed teaches mandolin and fiddle at the Frank Hamilton School in Decatur, Georgia, and plays in the local bluegrass bands The Hot Dill Pickers and What Showed Up, as well as the old time group Tippin’ Back the Corn. He enjoys improvisation and music […]
T-Claw Crawford is a dance caller, musician, and community organizer. Growing up in Nashville, TN, he played punk rock and jazz until he heard old time string music. He has toured by bicycle across 8 states and New Zealand by mini-van with the old time […]