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This singer was known as "Charleston's First Lady of Jazz."
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This Clay County traditional musician made his own banjos using torque converter rings from 1956 Buick transmissions.
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In the 1930s and 1940s, this company's employees starred in their own national radio variety program.
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This Webster County musician won the fiddle contest at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
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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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In 2011, Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. received national acclaim after winning this TV contest.
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What popular country music radio program aired for 10 years on Fairmont's WMMN?
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Claude Jeter was the leader of this band.
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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 native of Gary is known as the nation's dean of Black sacred music.
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