Chesley Goseyun Wilson (born July 31, 1932) is a maker and performer of the Apache fiddle, singer, dancer, medicine man, silversmith, former model, and actor. Wilson received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1989.
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Kevin Burke
British-Irish fiddler
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Michael Doucet
American musician
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Martin Mulvihill
Irish musician
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Michael Alpert
American clarinetist
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Howard Armstrong
African American string band and country blues musician
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Mike Seeger
American singer
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Canray Fontenot
American musician
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Kenny Baker
American fiddle player
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Kevin Locke
American musician
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Tommy Jarrell
American fiddler and banjo player
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Joe Thompson
American musician
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Marc Savoy
American musician; builder and player of the Cajun accordion
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Melvin Wine
American fiddler
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Dewey Balfa
American musician
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Claude Williams
American musician
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Andy Statman
American musician
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Jim & Jesse
American bluegrass duo
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Ali Akbar Khan
Hindustani musician
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Liz Carroll
American musician
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Rafael Cepeda
Puerto Rican musician
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Doyle Lawson
American musician
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Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin
Creole accordionist
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Sons of the Pioneers
American western singing group
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Doc Watson
American guitarist, songwriter and singer
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Lily May Ledford
American musician
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Etta Baker
American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer
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Lalo Guerrero
American musician, composer and labor activist
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Bryan Akipa
Dakota flautist
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Richard Hagopian
American musician
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Whistlin' Alex Moore
American blues pianist, singer and whistler
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R. Carlos Nakai
American flutist
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Bill Monroe
American bluegrass musician, songwriter
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Narciso MartÃnez
Recorded in 1936 for Blue Bird Records one week before the now famous Robert Johnson. Also recorded under the name Louisiana Pete.
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Ann Marie Calhoun
American violinist and entrepreneur
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Brownie McGhee
American folk-blues singer and guitarist
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Ralph Stanley
American singer
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Luderin Darbone
American fiddler
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Walker Calhoun
American musician
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Pedro Ayala
American musician