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Clarksburg native Phyllis Curtin is best remembered for what style of music?
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West Virginia Music Hall of Fame composer and arranger Robert Drasnin was born in this city.
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In 1935, this opera singer became the first West Virginian to perform at the Met in New York City.
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In 1927, this Logan Countian blues guitarist made one of the earliest known recordings of "John Henry."
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This band is largely credited with popularizing bluegrass music in both Boston and Japan.
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This West Virginia Music Hall of Fame member was the half-sister of Bessie Smith, known as the "Empress of the Blues."
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This fiddler was named a 2020 National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellow, one of the highest national awards in the arts.
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What famous country music star was born in Bolt (Raleigh County)?
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What Wheeling native has won Grammy Awards for best folk (2006) and bluegrass (2014) albums?
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This native of Gary is known as the nation's dean of Black sacred music.
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