Roscoe Holcomb

Perhaps one of the most noted Appalachian old-time music artists, banjo participant and vocalist Roscoe Holcomb spent the majority of his lifestyle in the tiny city of Daisy, KY, and was perhaps one of the most authentic exponents of American hill folk music. Certainly, he never really had any professional ambitions but turn into a documenting musician and participant within the folk revival circuit after getting recorded for the very first time in the past due ’50s. Holcomb’s design is certainly stark, epitomizing the keening, sometimes pained vocals connected with Appalachian music, using a repertoire filled with traditional music that had handed down among generations, in addition to some music that he most likely discovered from early nation information. Folk musician and archivist John Cohen coined the word “high lonesome audio” to spell it out Holcomb’s music, as well as the expression has since handed down into common use to spell it out bluegrass and Appalachian music all together. He cut many albums for Folkways and produced some concert performances on the university/festival scene through the entire 1960s and 1970s, offering his last present in 1978.