Author Archives: sprout333

I was honored to place 3rd in the fiddle contest at Clifftop this year! You can watched all five finalists (I play 2nd) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb2aOHjfQ34

I’m honored to have been asked to contribute a review for the new issue of The Journal of American Folklore (Summer 2016, Vol. 129, Issue, No. 513, pp. 370-372). It’s a review of two recent Dwight Lamb recordings, “80,” and … Continue reading →

This is the first update in awhile and there’s lots to share as 2016 has been a busy year so far! Teaching I’m happy to have been asked to teach at a couple of music camps this Summer and one … Continue reading →

I’m happy to announce the release of No Corn on Tygart, a CD project that has been in the works for a couple of years now. John Gallagher & Scott Prouty with Chris Coole No Corn on Tygart is a … Continue reading →

The Old-Time Herald has just published a condensed version of my interview with John Harrod – check it out!

The transcript of the interview I did with John Harrod for Berea College is now online, supplemented with photos and audio added by John Bondurant and fine-tuned by me. http://libraryguides.berea.edu/jharrod “The idea behind the project was to capture John Harrod’s … Continue reading →

While I was away at Clifftop last week, the NYT put my mug in the paper: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/07/31/us/BLUEGRASS-3.html And their nice article on the WV Mountain Dance Trail (and the Circleville, WV dance) is here: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/us/a-west-virginia-town-rediscovers-square-dancing.html?_r=1 So come dance in WV! … Continue reading →

I’m playing at the Circleville, WV square dance this Thursday July 19th during the Pendleton County Fair, starting at 7pm. It’s part of the Mountain Dance Trail – if you can’t make this one, there’s plenty of dances left in … Continue reading →

I’m honored to have been asked to teach banjo at the The Cowan Creek Mountain Music School in Whitesburg, Kentucky the last full week of June!  There’s info on the school here: http://www.cowancreekmusic.org/