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This band is largely credited with popularizing bluegrass music in both Boston and Japan.
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WVU artist-in-residence Ellie Mannette is often considered the "father" of this instrument.
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West Virginia Hall of Fame member Butch Miles was a master of what instrument?
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Bluefield's Maceo Pinkard co-wrote this classic song.
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Lincoln County's Elaine Purkey wrote this labor anthem.
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This banjo player was the subject of a documentary made by international recording artist Taj Majal.
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"The Wreck on the C&O" is a folk song about a deadly train wreck near which city?
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This Tucker County native was known as "America's Polka King?"
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Who had a hit with the 1947 country song "Beyond the Sunset?"
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This fiddler from Elizabeth won the 1998 Vandalia Award.
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