Old-time

Summary

Old-time is a flexible name for North American traditional string music and song, especially associated with southern fiddle-and-banjo ensembles and their related communities. The label can include dance tunes, ballads, solo instrumental pieces and local repertoires that predate its use as a recording category. It is not simply bluegrass played more slowly. Repeated ensemble melodies, rhythmic lift and participation often matter more than a succession of featured solos. The music's history includes Black and white musicians, exchange and unequal recognition, making an exclusively white Appalachian image incomplete.

Contemporary and trending

Old-time remains active through local sessions, dances, family learning, camps, festivals and recordings. Some gatherings emphasize a regional repertoire or particular fiddler; others bring together musicians from many backgrounds. Revival can create new communities far from a tune's documented source while preserving or changing its details. Contemporary Black string musicians have also made overlooked histories more audible. A listener need not choose between community practice and artistic experimentation: musicians can honor inherited approaches while deciding how to sing, arrange and circulate the music in their own circumstances.

History

Fiddle and banjo traditions developed within North American histories of migration, slavery, settlement, entertainment and local sociability. The banjo's African-derived history is central, not an optional footnote. Tunes and techniques moved among musicians well before record companies marketed selective versions as old-time or early country. Recording, radio and later collecting changed which regional styles distant listeners encountered. Revival gatherings then created further transmission routes. Those layers explain why neither a commercial discography nor one mountain county can stand for the entire history.

Musical characteristics

Listen for the way a fiddle's bowing creates rhythm inside the melody and how a banjo interlocks with it. Guitar can give the ensemble a harmonic and rhythmic floor rather than compete for the foreground. A short tune may repeat many times, with energy changing through articulation, accents and group coordination. Singing ranges from unaccompanied ballad delivery to rhythmic string-band songs. Regional tunings and ways of shaping a phrase matter. The apparent simplicity of repetition can conceal a great deal of musical judgment about timing and how to keep dancers moving.

Geography and communities

Appalachia and the surrounding Upper South form a broad connected landscape including valleys, plateau communities and regional towns. The Ozarks and neighboring interior traditions merit another field rather than being swallowed by a narrow Appalachian outline. Adopted North American and European session worlds extend the music's social life. These fields are deliberately broad enough to include the countryside between prominent festival towns. They describe a living network and its historical centers rather than asserting that one administrative border separates authentic practitioners from outsiders or that all regional repertoires are interchangeable.

Artists

Tommy Jarrell, Wade Ward and Roscoe Holcomb offer contrasting relationships among fiddle, banjo, voice and regional style. The Carter Family connects song with early commercial recording, while the Mississippi Sheiks complicates an exclusively mountain-centered picture of string-band music. Elizabeth Cotten and the Carolina Chocolate Drops offer different routes into Black string traditions and their later public recognition. Compare a dance tune played by a full group with a solo song: both can belong to the field while asking quite different kinds of attention from a listener.

Representative performances

These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.

MuGlobe listening profile

Repertoire	Field use	Notes
traditional	regional	Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates.

MuGlobe representative performances

Artist	Performance / song / title	Embedded player URL	Notes	Repertoire kind	Repertoire date	Recording date	Format	Opening	Places	Fit	Evidence	Review note	MuGlobe favorite	Current hit	Authentic
Carolina Chocolate Drops	Cornbread and Butterbeans	https://www.youtube.com/embed/dxqF023UIt0	The Nonesuch recording credits Dom Flemons, Justin Robinson and Rhiannon Giddens. Their acoustic string-band arrangement provides a Black old-time revival example; this is released audio, not concert footage. Embedded playback is currently unavailable (YouTube code 150); the recording reference is retained.	traditional	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	pending	Existing recording	Playback blocked: YouTube embedding error 150 observed 22 October 2026. Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved.	false	false	false
Tommy Jarrell	Sail Away Ladies	https://www.youtube.com/embed/vNGr0z6CUfQ	Officially distributed audio from The Legacy of Tommy Jarrell supplies a compact older-generation Appalachian fiddle example. It complements Carolina Chocolate Drops’ later ensemble interpretation of old-time repertoire.	traditional	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	pending	Existing recording	Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved.	false	false	false
Rhiannon Giddens	Rhiannon Giddens - 'Black Annie', Albert Hall, Manchester, Tuesday 29th Sep 2026	https://www.youtube.com/embed/ieXXLteZsE8	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Stephen McNamara. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-29. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2026-10-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026-09-29	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Stephen McNamara. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-29. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
David Palombo	Green Mountain Polka - David Palombo (MA) - Kennedy Creek oldtime festival fiddle contest	https://www.youtube.com/embed/CFGVFOLnBNc	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Miss Moonshine Dance & MORE. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2026-09-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Miss Moonshine Dance & MORE. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
The Onlies; Bruce Molsky; Nokosee Fields	The Onlies with Bruce Molsky - Chilly Winds	https://www.youtube.com/embed/zeRYMdNAEeg	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: The Onlies. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Specific collaborative Chilly Winds rendition; original session date unknown. Video publication: 2026-09-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: The Onlies. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Specific collaborative Chilly Winds rendition; original session date unknown.	false	false	false
Howie Schwartz; Dane (surname not specified)	Howie & Dane play "Richmond"	https://www.youtube.com/embed/EVT3EYY57Kw	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Howie Schwartz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-08. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Actual informal Richmond rendition; Roscoe Parish is tune source and Bruce Molsky/Darol Anger are comparison recordings, not current players. Video publication: 2026-09-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026-08	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Howie Schwartz. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-08. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Actual informal Richmond rendition; Roscoe Parish is tune source and Bruce Molsky/Darol Anger are comparison recordings, not current players.	false	false	false
Glen Alexander	Glen Alexander fiddle contest Galax 2026	https://www.youtube.com/embed/QARni00BY08	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Mandolicious Music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-08. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2026-08-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026-08	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Mandolicious Music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-08. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
Big McManustan jam musicians	Big McManustan Jam @ 2026 Clifftop	https://www.youtube.com/embed/BJ820E3TeWY	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Albie Berto . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2026-08-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Albie Berto . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
Silas Wilkerson	Silas Wilkerson -kids old time fiddle- Galax 2026	https://www.youtube.com/embed/3j8s8OpHJNI	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Mandolicious Music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-08-03. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2026-08-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026-08-03	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Mandolicious Music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-08-03. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
Smack Young Walser; Maddy Mullany	Clifftop 2026 - Forked Deer - Smack Young Walser	https://www.youtube.com/embed/xUJCNHQzmQA	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: keiths. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Actual fiddle/guitar players; John Summers is the tune source. Video publication: 2026-08-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: keiths. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Actual fiddle/guitar players; John Summers is the tune source.	false	false	false
The Frontline String Band	Clifftop 2026 - Buffalo Gals - The Frontline String Band	https://www.youtube.com/embed/bztjyuB6NhA	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: keiths. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2026-08-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: keiths. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
Chris Germain; Kellie Allen	Clifftop 2026 - South Missouri - Chris Germain	https://www.youtube.com/embed/94qO_ZqqqEc	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: keiths. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2026-08-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: keiths. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
Up Jumped Trouble (Raistlin Brabson; Margo MacSweeney; Jared Boyd; Lu Furtado)	Clifftop 2026 - Trouble In Your Mind - Up Jumped Trouble	https://www.youtube.com/embed/5iku_TFDw0k	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: keiths. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2026-08-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: keiths. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
New Floyd County Ramblers (Andrew Small; Ashlee Watkins; Hanna Traynham; Rina Rossi)	Clifftop 2026 - The Old Time Way - New Floyd County Ramblers	https://www.youtube.com/embed/rolXmO6XOn8	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: keiths. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Actual old-time stringband arrangement; artist/tune’s adjacent bluegrass history alone does not erase the actual performance context. Video publication: 2026-08-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: keiths. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Actual old-time stringband arrangement; artist/tune’s adjacent bluegrass history alone does not erase the actual performance context.	false	false	false
Aidan Saunders	Clifftop 2026 - Phyllis In The Ballroom - Aidan Saunders	https://www.youtube.com/embed/4cJG6iiyANY	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: keiths. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2026-08-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: keiths. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
The Brick City Ramblers	Clifftop 2026 - Cacklin' Hen - The Brick City Ramblers	https://www.youtube.com/embed/8YRxlY20MLw	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: keiths. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2026-08-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: keiths. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
The Hillsvillians (Erynn Marshall; Carl Jones; Mark Olitsky; Jason Dilg)	Clifftop 2026 - Meg Grey - The Hillsvillians	https://www.youtube.com/embed/A8rWfy3rB_0	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: keiths. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2026-08-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: keiths. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
Josh Wills; Isaiah Sibi	Clifftop 2026 - Minnie Put The Skillet On - Josh Wills	https://www.youtube.com/embed/1Zj1y2mZ3pc	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: keiths. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2026-08-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: keiths. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
Chris McGrath	Clifftop 2026 - Grand Opera Reel - Chris McGrath	https://www.youtube.com/embed/RdySsXhnqXc	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: keiths. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2026-08-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: keiths. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
Yes Maam	Clifftop 2026 - Ragtime Annie - Yes Maam	https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xro_x7RQ0g4	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: keiths. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Known group identity is retained; guitarist’s missing surname is not guessed. Video publication: 2026-08-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: keiths. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Known group identity is retained; guitarist’s missing surname is not guessed.	false	false	false
Billy Hurt Jr.	"Lost Indian" - Billy Hurt, Jr at 2026 Galax Fiddlers' Convention - 1st Place Old Time Fiddle	https://www.youtube.com/embed/0Spja6G9f7s	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Jeremy Stephens Music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-08-04. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2026-08-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026-08-04	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Jeremy Stephens Music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-08-04. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
Gregg Weiss Acoustic Duo; Andrew Finn Magill	Chinquapin Hunting	https://www.youtube.com/embed/1SaIe8IixlI	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: iUteurki. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-05-29. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate. Full description identifies actual duo and guest violinist; hold resolved without inferring uploader as artist. Video publication: 2026-08-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026-05-29	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: iUteurki. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-05-29. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate. Full description identifies actual duo and guest violinist; hold resolved without inferring uploader as artist.	false	false	false
Laura Taylor; Mark Piro; Joe H and friends	Laura Taylor, Mark Piro, Joe H and friends – Clifftop 2026	https://www.youtube.com/embed/Uzhe8HQ8kUg	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Miss Moonshine Dance & MORE. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2026-08-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Miss Moonshine Dance & MORE. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
Tricia; Chris	See Old Fanny Come Back Again - Tricia & Chris - Clifftop 2026	https://www.youtube.com/embed/AeV1zPr_VIo	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Miss Moonshine Dance & MORE. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Source gives first names only; surnames are not invented. Video publication: 2026-08-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Miss Moonshine Dance & MORE. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Source gives first names only; surnames are not invented.	false	false	false
Clifftop2026 jam musicians (individual names uncredited)	Hell Broke Loose in Georgia tunes jam - Clifftop 2026	https://www.youtube.com/embed/u0YTthNhh8o	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Miss Moonshine Dance & MORE. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Actual named Hell Broke Loose in Georgia fiddle-tune jam; no invented personal names. Video publication: 2026-08-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Miss Moonshine Dance & MORE. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Actual named Hell Broke Loose in Georgia fiddle-tune jam; no invented personal names.	false	false	false
Rafe Stefanini; Josh Wills	Rafe Stefanini & Josh Wills - Clifftop 2026 jam	https://www.youtube.com/embed/8JzFASEwGFw	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Miss Moonshine Dance & MORE. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2026-08-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Miss Moonshine Dance & MORE. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
Deb Shebish and Clifftop jam musicians	Old Benton Lionheart - Deb Shebish fiddles with only two fingers - Clifftop 2026	https://www.youtube.com/embed/j1yribB4Pqc	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Miss Moonshine Dance & MORE. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2026-08-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Miss Moonshine Dance & MORE. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
Washtub camp jam musicians	4-Clifftop 2026 Fly Aroind My Pretty. Washtub camp.	https://www.youtube.com/embed/0BQVEqOi4p0	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Blue Nose Mule. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2026-08-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Blue Nose Mule. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
Chris Germain and accompanists	Winner Best Original Tune - Chris Germain's "Squirrel Heads and Gravy" - Clifftop 2026	https://www.youtube.com/embed/AdO0kauNg5A	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Miss Moonshine Dance & MORE. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2026-08-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Miss Moonshine Dance & MORE. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
Wednesday Night Jammers	SotG 7 25 Wednesday Night Jammers	https://www.youtube.com/embed/UE0N7yHNqF4	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Folk Heritage. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Live Appalachian folk performance at Shindig on the Green; filename dates not expanded to an invented session day. Video publication: 2026-07-31; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Folk Heritage. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Live Appalachian folk performance at Shindig on the Green; filename dates not expanded to an invented session day.	false	false	false
Burhans and Clifftop student jam musicians	Burhans lead an oldtime jam for students (and dancer) - Clifftop 2026	https://www.youtube.com/embed/HnVsEQcheks	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Miss Moonshine Dance & MORE. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Actual collective playing is retained despite student setting; dancer not listed as a fiddler. Video publication: 2026-07-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Miss Moonshine Dance & MORE. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Actual collective playing is retained despite student setting; dancer not listed as a fiddler.	false	false	false
Katrina Nicolayeff; Bruce Molsky	2026 - Friday Night - Week Two: Katrina Nicolayeff, Bruce Molsky	https://www.youtube.com/embed/REaD0DDE50U	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Montana Fiddle Camp. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-06-05. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Fiddle camp evening concert, not a lesson; recording engineer Trent Indreland is not a player. Video publication: 2026-06-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026-06-05	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Montana Fiddle Camp. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026-06-05. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Fiddle camp evening concert, not a lesson; recording engineer Trent Indreland is not a player.	false	false	false
George Jackson; Eli Broxham	Train On The Island - The Old Time 💯 - Overhead Fiddle Cam	https://www.youtube.com/embed/RBatCZf6XBQ	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: George Jackson. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Actual fiddle/bass tune performance. Patreon footer advertises separate lessons; this overhead music performance is not rejected as instruction. Luther Davis is tune source; Jake Stargel records it. Video publication: 2026-05-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: George Jackson. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Actual fiddle/bass tune performance. Patreon footer advertises separate lessons; this overhead music performance is not rejected as instruction. Luther Davis is tune source; Jake Stargel records it.	false	false	false
The Onlies; Nokosee Fields; Tatiana Hargreaves	Baltimore 2024 - Troubles - The Onlies	https://www.youtube.com/embed/OhRYxzzRYJA	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: keiths. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2024-04-20. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2026-03-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2024-04-20	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: keiths. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2024-04-20. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
Bruce Molsky; Kathleen Parks	Bruce Molsky & Kathleen Parks - Cotton Eyed Joe Live	https://www.youtube.com/embed/y_cQcZl5-kw	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Kathleen Parks. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2026-03-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Kathleen Parks. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
The Wanton String Band	THE WANTON STRING BAND live at The Bell Inn, Bath UK	https://www.youtube.com/embed/rpD7zffM6MA	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Live from The Bell Inn, Bath. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Established UK group’s explicitly American old-time repertoire; Scots bands in publisher comparison are not listed as current players. UK ensemble nationality and performance are explicit; no UK geography/mushroom change is made in this recording batch. Video publication: 2026-03-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Live from The Bell Inn, Bath. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Established UK group’s explicitly American old-time repertoire; Scots bands in publisher comparison are not listed as current players. UK ensemble nationality and performance are explicit; no UK geography/mushroom change is made in this recording batch.	false	false	false
Judy Hyman; Jeff Claus; Jake Blount; Joe Bass; Sarah Kate Morgan; Bruce Molsky; Suzy Thompson; Karen Celia Heil	Breaking Up Christmas - Judy Hyman, Jeff Claus, Jake Blount & Friends	https://www.youtube.com/embed/fbxBOpid4cg	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Berkeley Old Time Music Convention. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-09. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Actual Berkeley convention ensemble; Evie Ladin is credited for flatfoot dance, not inferred instrumental performance. Video publication: 2026-02-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2025-09	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Berkeley Old Time Music Convention. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-09. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Actual Berkeley convention ensemble; Evie Ladin is credited for flatfoot dance, not inferred instrumental performance.	false	false	false
Allison de Groot; Tatiana Hargreaves	Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves | Farewell Whiskey	https://www.youtube.com/embed/Pl1RbYLwXUs	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: ændre arthouse. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-07. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate. Video publication: 2025-12-31; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2025-07	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: ændre arthouse. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2025-07. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate.	false	false	false
Shane Cook; Bruce Molsky	2024 - Wednesday Night - Week Two: Shane Cook, Bruce Molsky	https://www.youtube.com/embed/3jzNonXLdbc	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Montana Fiddle Camp. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2024-06-12. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2024-06-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2024-06-12	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Montana Fiddle Camp. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2024-06-12. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
Allison de Groot; Tatiana Hargreaves	Allison De Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves | "Rabbit, Where's Your Mammy?"	https://www.youtube.com/embed/m0NTSeLyk4g	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Sweet Harmony Sessions. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate. Independent Sweet Harmony session, not every piece at a bluegrass festival treated as bluegrass by venue alone. Video publication: 2024-01-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2023	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Sweet Harmony Sessions. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate. Independent Sweet Harmony session, not every piece at a bluegrass festival treated as bluegrass by venue alone.	false	false	false
Raistlin Brabson and friends; Dylan Locke	“Sally Anne” old time tune at the Floyd Country Store w/ Raistlin Brabson & Friends	https://www.youtube.com/embed/GgbCRy10k7M	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Ola Rose . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2023-10-24; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Ola Rose . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
Allison de Groot; Tatiana Hargreaves	Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves - Wellington	https://www.youtube.com/embed/9QROcb3VRXE	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Bank Vault. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate. Video publication: 2023-09-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Bank Vault. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate.	false	false	false
Rhys; Sami; Carol E. Jones; Joe Bass	Sourwood mountain - Clifftop Appalachian Stringband Festival 2023 - Rhys & Sami fids, Carol E Jones	https://www.youtube.com/embed/jpKgDnJrLBo	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Miss Moonshine Dance & MORE. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2023-08-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2023	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Miss Moonshine Dance & MORE. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
Allison de Groot; Tatiana Hargreaves	ALLISON DE GROOT / TATIANA HARGREAVES bluegrass Live@Transatlantic Sessions 2023	https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ma9UvRRWwOU	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: rialto1961. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate. Video publication: 2023-02-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2023	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: rialto1961. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate.	false	false	false
Luke Price and jam musicians	Jam- Luke Price "Red Wing" - 2022 National Oldtime Fiddle Contest (Weiser)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/9XqAnkcL2wU	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: FiddleSupporter (Lyle Dixson). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2022. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2023-01-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2022	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: FiddleSupporter (Lyle Dixson). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2022. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
Nic Gareiss; Allison de Groot	Nic Gareiss / Allison de Groot. Banging Breakdown	https://www.youtube.com/embed/pjbb38yi0zM	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Allison de Groot. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate. Actual banjo/dance-percussion performance of Banging Breakdown, not an instruction video; Hobart Smith is historic repertoire source. Video publication: 2022-10-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Allison de Groot. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate. Actual banjo/dance-percussion performance of Banging Breakdown, not an instruction video; Hobart Smith is historic repertoire source.	false	false	false
Allison de Groot; Tatiana Hargreaves	Allison De Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves - Nancy Blevins	https://www.youtube.com/embed/76zNOeTh6Lg	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: musicmanhann. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2022-06. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Independent forest session at Red Wing Roots; Blake Hannahson is filmmaker and Jaron Freeman-Fox mixer, not current banjo/fiddle players. Video publication: 2022-07-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2022-06	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: musicmanhann. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2022-06. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Independent forest session at Red Wing Roots; Blake Hannahson is filmmaker and Jaron Freeman-Fox mixer, not current banjo/fiddle players.	false	false	false
Allison de Groot; Tatiana Hargreaves	Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves - I Would Not Live Always	https://www.youtube.com/embed/2f1M2owWaPI	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Free Dirt Records. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2022-01-04. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate. Named Vancouver live recording; historic authors, family voices and literature in background notes are not automatically current singers. Video publication: 2022-03-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2022-01-04	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Free Dirt Records. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2022-01-04. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate. Named Vancouver live recording; historic authors, family voices and literature in background notes are not automatically current singers.	false	false	false
Allison de Groot; Tatiana Hargreaves	Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves - Hurricane Clarice / Brushy Fork of John's Creek	https://www.youtube.com/embed/7QzPI7Q5h04	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Free Dirt Records. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2022-01-04. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate. Named Vancouver live recording; historic authors, family voices and literature in background notes are not automatically current singers. Video publication: 2022-02-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2022-01-04	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Free Dirt Records. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2022-01-04. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate. Named Vancouver live recording; historic authors, family voices and literature in background notes are not automatically current singers.	false	false	false
Allison de Groot; Tatiana Hargreaves	Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves - The Banks of the Miramichi	https://www.youtube.com/embed/8qbB6d62-m0	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Free Dirt Records. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate. Actual contemporary old-time duo arrangement of a named New Brunswick song; Marie Hare’s1962 recording is a source, not this current master. Video publication: 2022-01-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Free Dirt Records. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate. Actual contemporary old-time duo arrangement of a named New Brunswick song; Marie Hare’s1962 recording is a source, not this current master.	false	false	false
Allison de Groot; Tatiana Hargreaves	Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves "Wabash Blues" 5/5/19 Northampton, MA	https://www.youtube.com/embed/lSszPPehxMs	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Less Than Face Productions. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-05-05. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate. Video publication: 2021-10-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2019-05-05	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Less Than Face Productions. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-05-05. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate.	false	false	false
Bruce Molsky	I Truly Understand - for Club Passim Keep Your Distance Fest for the PEARFund	https://www.youtube.com/embed/kE-LR9Acq24	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Bruce Molsky. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Video publication: 2020-04-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Bruce Molsky. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players.	false	false	false
Allison de Groot; Tatiana Hargreaves; Ruth Alpert (dance percussion on final selection)	Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves - Full Concert	https://www.youtube.com/embed/NiSWo6EvxUo	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Deep End Sessions. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-06-08. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Full named house concert;2019session and2020publication separated. Same-session single-work cuts are not added alongside it. Video publication: 2020-04-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2019-06-08	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Deep End Sessions. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-06-08. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Full named house concert;2019session and2020publication separated. Same-session single-work cuts are not added alongside it.	false	false	false
The Onlies (Leo Shannon; Vivian Leva; Samantha Braman; Riley Calcagno)	The Onlies - Full Concert Film	https://www.youtube.com/embed/CZAbffEB8lw	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Deep End Sessions. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-06-22. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Complete2019 house concert; video published2020. Film/audio/camera production team not substituted for musicians. Video publication: 2020-04-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2019-06-22	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Deep End Sessions. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-06-22. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Complete2019 house concert; video published2020. Film/audio/camera production team not substituted for musicians.	false	false	false
Allison de Groot; Tatiana Hargreaves	Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves (GMBR Sessions 2018)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/TVZx1HOe6y4	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate. Video publication: 2019-09-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2018	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2018. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate.	false	false	false
Allison de Groot; Tatiana Hargreaves	Folk Alley Sessions: Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves - "Wabash Blues"	https://www.youtube.com/embed/UdNm-YMQXfM	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: FolkAlleydotCom. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-05. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate. Separate named Folk Alley works in Saranac Lake, distinct from the Deep End house concert. Video publication: 2019-06-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2019-05	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: FolkAlleydotCom. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-05. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate. Separate named Folk Alley works in Saranac Lake, distinct from the Deep End house concert.	false	false	false
Allison de Groot; Tatiana Hargreaves	Folk Alley Sessions: Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves - "Dry"	https://www.youtube.com/embed/XhUGdpenCrY	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: FolkAlleydotCom. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-05. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate. Separate named Folk Alley works in Saranac Lake, distinct from the Deep End house concert. Video publication: 2019-06-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2019-05	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: FolkAlleydotCom. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-05. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate. Separate named Folk Alley works in Saranac Lake, distinct from the Deep End house concert.	false	false	false
Allison de Groot; Tatiana Hargreaves	Folk Alley Sessions: Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves - "Farewell Whiskey"	https://www.youtube.com/embed/1Q4tT04yxLo	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: FolkAlleydotCom. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-05. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate. Separate named Folk Alley works in Saranac Lake, distinct from the Deep End house concert. Video publication: 2019-06-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2019-05	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: FolkAlleydotCom. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2019-05. Actual named musical work and performers reviewed. Performance/session, work composition and upload/reissue dates are separate. Separate named Folk Alley works in Saranac Lake, distinct from the Deep End house concert.	false	false	false
Jeff Claus; Judy Hyman; Rafe Stefanini; John Hermann; Dedo Norris	Jamming at the Galax Fiddlers Convention, 1989	https://www.youtube.com/embed/5299gAmDx14	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Dave Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1989. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Big Scioto from the Hammons family; David Wells is recordist, not inferred player. Video publication: 2017-12-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	1989	live	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Dave Wells. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1989. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Big Scioto from the Hammons family; David Wells is recordist, not inferred player.	false	false	false
Five Buck Fiddle	Barlow Knife	https://www.youtube.com/embed/nATehxLZ2HI	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Five Buck Fiddle - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2004-01-01; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Distributor lists2004 release; original session date unknown. Video publication: 2015-07-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	audio	unknown	country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Old-time musical recording. Source: Five Buck Fiddle - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2004-01-01; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Specific old-time work/performance reviewed; real informal jams, school/community music and new arrangements remain useful musical content. Source engineer/uploader and historic tune source are not automatically current players. Distributor lists2004 release; original session date unknown.	false	false	false

Related genres

Bluegrass shares instruments and some repertoire but often organizes ensemble roles and instrumental breaks differently. Country, Piedmont blues and Ragtime reveal further exchanges. Cape Breton fiddle, Métis fiddle and other regional fiddle traditions should retain their own names and histories rather than being absorbed into a universal old-time category because they also accompany dancing.

Hotspot mushrooms

Old-time connects broad Appalachian/Upper South and Ozark musical landscapes, including rural interiors, with substantial revival and adopted session networks elsewhere. Two regional heartland fields plus selected lighter adopted fields communicate those relationships without making festival addresses the entire map.

These fields are editorial illustrations of musical affinity and cultural reach, not listener statistics. Radius marks the zero edge of the fade; overlapping fields of this genre combine by maximum.

MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms

ID	Location	Latitude	Longitude	Radius (km)	Strength	Notes
old-time-upper-south	Appalachian and Upper South old-time landscapes	36.7	-81.5	1200	1	A connected landscape includes mountain valleys, plateau communities, regional towns and their countryside.
old-time-ozarks	Ozark and neighboring interior old-time landscapes	36.5	-92.5	800	0.78	A related regional tradition deserves its own broad field.
old-time-northeast	Northeastern North American adopted old-time networks	43	-73	1000	0.48	Sustained sessions and teaching extend beyond historical southern centers.
old-time-western-adoption	Pacific North American old-time networks	42	-121	1200	0.4	A meaningful adopted session world rather than continuous transcontinental intensity.
old-time-europe-adoption	Western European adopted old-time networks	51	3	1200	0.34	Selected sustained learning and performance circuits.