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Like Mountain Music? “Up Jumped Trouble” is the real deal. Watch the band perform “Cricket on the Hearth”

June 25, 2024 by THE HOBBLEDEHOY

Give a listen to Up Jumped Trouble playing “Cricket on the Hearth” From the 53rd annual Mount Airy Old-Time Fiddlers Convention at Veterans Memorial Park in Mount Airy, North Carolina.

The Band:
Fiddle: Raistlin Brabson
Guitar: Jared Boyd
Bass: Ben Noblit
Banjo : Margo McSweeney

Categories Music Tags appalachian, Bluegrass, ol timey, Old Timey Leave a comment

Frank Fairfield “Fair Margaret and Sweet William”

June 19, 2024 by THE HOBBLEDEHOY
Categories Brit Folk Tags appalachian, banjo, Brit Folk, Fair Margaret and Sweet William, Frank Fairfield 1 Comment

Margo McSweeney plays “Little Birdie” on a Mac Traynham Fretless banjo.

June 5, 2024 by THE HOBBLEDEHOY
Categories Music Tags appalachian, banjo, Little Birdie, Margo McSweeney, Margo McSweeney plays Little Birdie on a Mac Traynham Fretless banjo., ol timey Leave a comment
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British artist Frank Reynolds was an illustrator for Punch Magazine, regularly published within its pages during World War I. He was also well known for his many illustrations in several books by Charles Dickens.

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