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This singer was known as "Charleston's First Lady of Jazz."
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Folklorist Pat Gainer founded this festival in 1950.
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The only 52 known recordings by fiddler Edden Hammons were made here.
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In 1966, this Kanawha County fiddler performed on the Grand Ole Opry, The Today Show, and at the prestigious Newport Folk Festival.
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These brothers' Clay County festival became a pattern for the Vandalia Gathering and other old-time music festivals.
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What college did jazz performer and composer Don Redman attend?
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Kenova's Michael W. Smith is one of the best-selling artists in this type of music.
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What West Virginian, playing with the Lilly Brothers, helped popularize bluegrass music in Boston?
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This Mingo Countian was the first West Virginian to be honored with a National Heritage Fellowship.
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This Clarksburg native's "Simpson Creek" is considered one of the earliest environmentalist songs.
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