Hazel Ketchum is the Artistic Director for Mountain School of Strings and Music Teacher at Rosman Middle & High School where she teaches Chorus, Guitar and Appalachian Music. Hazel plays guitar, lute, drums, banjo, fiddle, piano, sings and is a composer. Hazel is most recently back from a tour in Ecuador where ...

Reborn during the pandemic after a 30-year hiatus, Richard and Evelyn are an acoustic duo who enjoy performing a selection of Americana songs along with a few originals. Both Richard and Evelyn play guitar and sing while Richard also adds fiddle, harmonica and fiddle and performs a few instrumental medleys. Join us ...

Trnka (vocals), Jason DeCristofaro (vibes/keys) and Connor Law (bass)

Join us for a night of music with Lillie Syracuse, Bennett Sullivan, and Kevin Sanders.

Bennett Sullivan was the first call banjo player for Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s acclaimed Broadway Musical, “Bright Star.” His banjo playing is featured on The Greatest Showman soundtrack and he has shared the stage with Jim Lauderdale, Weird Al Yankovic, Elle King, Jim Kweskin, Ben Sollee, Maria & Geoff Muldaur, John ...

Join us for music from Angry Possum String Band and Richard Hardy as well as a community potluck from 6 – 8 pm. Please bring a dish to share and your own non-disposable place setting. If you cannot bring food, for any reason, we are happy to feed you. We look forward ...

Iliana Rose (piano and vocals), Travis Lunsford (bass), Jason DeCristofaro (percussion) and Quint Lange (congas)

Join us for a night of music with singer / songwriters Lillie Syracuse and Jenny Bradley

Mark grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, learning to play music with some neighborhood friends, eventually forming the bluegrass band Chicken Hot Rod and playing colleges all over the eastern states. He met Sally, a fine Scruggs-style banjo player, in 1970 around a campfire at a bluegrass festival. A few years later, ...

Bruce’s musical roots can be traced back to the 1950’s and include a love of Pop, Rock, Country, Bluegrass and Reggae. He started his musical career at 16, drumming in a cover band and picked up guitar a couple years later. In college Bruce began performing regularly and once opened a show ...

Vee Popat (alto saxophone), Kevin Kehrberg (bass), Jason DeCristofaro (vibes)

Join us for a special night of music from Jenn and Jonlyn of The Linville Sisters and Lillie Syracuse.  They will be sharing heart warming harmonies, their favorite tunes, and original music straight from their hearts to yours.

Bring your instrument and join the jam or sit back and enjoy the music.

Jennifer Rhea Linville and Owen Grooms play heartwarming original and traditional songs on guitar, banjo, mandolin and fiddle. Jenn grew up here in Transylvania county, and has played music here throughout her life’s journey with her family and friends, including the bands Chrysalis and The Woven. Owen plays with Pretty Little Goat and ...

Bill Drellow was drawn to acoustic music during the “Great Folk Music Scare” of the 1960s and remains scared of it to this day. No, wait, that should say he ‘remains enthralled by it to this day. Since moving to the mountains, he has grown to appreciate much more deeply the roots of the ...

Holiday Jazz Special

Join us for music from Richard Hardy, Donna Leggat, and The Angry Possum String Band and a community potluck from 6 – 8 pm. Please bring a dish to share and your own non-disposable place setting. If you cannot bring food, for any reason, we are happy to feed you. We look forward ...

We will be celebrating New Year's Eve with our Cedar Mountain Canteen music series hosts. Join us for a night of musical collaborations between Lillie Syracuse, Owen Grooms, Richard Hardy, and Phil McGlynn and a few surprise guests. Join us for a community potluck from 6 – 8 pm. Please bring a ...

Join us for a night of music from Owen Grooms and Bradford Carson as well as a community potluck from 6 – 8 pm. Please bring a dish to share and your own non-disposable place setting. If you cannot bring food, for any reason, we are happy to feed you. We look ...