New CD to be released in Febuary 2010

Our new CD: "Go Away With Me: Music from Virginia's Hills and Hollers" will be officially released on Febuary 13th, 2010. It will be another collection of old time country songs featuring Martha and Jackson's duet singing with fiddle, banjo, mandolin, dulcimer and guitar as well as guest spots from Legendary Whitetop Fiddler Thornton Spencer, National Heritage Award recipient Luthier/Guitar picker Wayne C. Henderson and Country Music Hall of Fame Performer Matt Kinman. You can listen to some songs off our new cd on our site player as well as our Music-Listen page.

Jackson's fiddles on display at ASU Fiddlers

Jackson will be showing some of his handmade fiddles at The Appalachian State Fiddlers Convention in Boone, NC,  along with Audrey Hash Ham on Saturday, Febuary 20th. There will be a gathering of luthiers as well as concerts and contests.Check out fiddle.apps.appstate.edu/

Music from the Crooked Road Tour 2010

Martha and Jackson will be on tour with the Whitetop Mountain Band on the "Music from the Crooked Road Tour" throughout the eastern USA in April 2010.  
"The Music From the Crooked Road tour celebrates the living musical culture of this region, which today not only survives, but thrives. The outstanding artists participating in this tour link the past, present and future of these deep American traditions."
Visit our schedule/tours for April 2010 for details.

For more info on the tour:     http://ncta.net/pdf/CrookedRoad_2010_info.pdf
For a look at the schedule:   http://www.ncta.net/events/crtourschedule2010.htm

Australian Tour 2010

We are excited to anounce that we will be touring Australia in March-April 2010! This will be our third year touring in Australia. This year, we are working with Across-the-Borders Tour Management.
Some of our venues include:
The Port Fairy Folk Festival, The Blue Mountains Music Festival, The Brunswick Music Festival,
The Yackandandah Folk Festival, The Apollo Bay Music Festival, The National Folk Festival
and more TBA!
Visit our Schedule/Tours page for March 2010 for more details.
For more information visit their website:  
acrosstheborders.com.au/ 
acrosstheborders.com.au/touring-whitetop-mountaineers.htm