Cecil Sharp

The exhibit The Appalachian Photographs of Cecil Sharp 1916 to 1918 is on display at the

This week's show features some strong old-time and bluegrass music right out of the gate, followed by in interview with Madison County, NC Arts Council director Laura Boosinger.

In the summer of 1916, English literature scholar and pioneer folklorist Cecil Sharp made his first trip to document the survival of English ballad singing in the southern Appalachian mountains.&nb