Artists:Five Buck Fiddle

Five Buck Fiddle plays high energy, old-time dance music (“the roots of bluegrass”) of several styles. The southern Virginia - western North Carolina region is perhaps the strongest influence on this music. “Old-Time” string band music is a blend of a number of styles from the Appalachian Mountains, originally from the 1800s and early twentieth century. The instrumental tradition of the Appalachians had origins with Anglo-Celtic dance tunes, later influenced by African-American rhythms, country gospel, ballads, and changes in instrumentation. This hard-driving music, made popular both in local country dances and in recordings and radio broadcasts of the 1920s and 30s, in many ways forms the “roots” of modern bluegrass and commercial country music. read more'.