Kentucky Music: Nikos Pappas and Seth Folsom
Jeffrey Hill
Hailing from Lexington, Kentucky, Nikos Pappas is a walking encyclopedia of fiddle tunes and their history. He’s also a champion fiddler who has taken home multiple awards, and a member of the great Kentucky string band Red State Ramblers. In this performance, he collaborates with Seth Folsom, a musician and world-class banjo maker from Louisville. Folsom is also a master performer on the instrument, able to provide solid backup for fiddle players in the old-time frailing style, as well as play a wonderful finger style similar to that of Charlie Poole. Folsom can be heard with some of the finest old-time bands, from the Jawbones of Louisville to The Crooked Jades of San Francisco. Hosted by Jesse Wells of the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music at Morehead State University. (27 minutes)