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Whitetop Mountaineers,
Martha Spencer and Jackson Cunningham

An old-time country music duo from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia

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Australia 2020 tour!!

Howdy Folks!!!

We are excited to announce a tour of Australia in March/April of 2020!

We have toured several times down under and are looking forward coming back and seeing lots of friends and playing at some of our favorite Australian festivals!

Full itinerary will be posted in our Schedule/Tours link

This engagement is supported by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through USArtists International in partnership with the National endowment for the Arts and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Martha Spencer's self-titled CD

Hey Folks! Have a listen and purchase Martha's new CD and keep up with her projects on her WEBSITE HERE.

Cunningham Instruments

Here is a link to some of the most recent work from the Cunningham Instruments shop:

New Album- Fees Ridge is available!!

Exciting news: Our new album, "Fees Ridge" is now available for purchase!!! You can order a physical copy or download of album. Go to our store page to order!

The Whitetop Mountaineers Will be performing at The Richmond Folk Festival this weekend, October 10-12, We will be playing on various stages all weekend.

Be sure to stop by the Union/University of Richmond Virginia Folklife Area for Sharing Living Traditions: Celebrating 25 Years of the Virginia Folklife Program At the Richmond Folk Festival. Jackson will be demonstrating guitar and fiddle making on saturday, as well was many great virginia craftspeople and performers.

For details of our show times as well as all the the great performers check out the official festival schedule here. This is one of our favorite festivals, we hope to see you there!

Martha Spencer instructional dance DVD

Martha has put together an instructional Flat-Foot Dancing for Beginners DVD. Martha demonstrates a variety of flatfoot dance steps in an easy to learn method, with each step broken down into chapters, slow and fast, also features live music accompaniment and a brief history of the dance tradition of the area. You can purchase it at any of her dance workshops, at Whitetop Mountaineers, Whitetop Mountain Band shows, or, in our CD/downloads page.

Audrey on Matt Kinman's "The Back Porch of America" show

Here is a great short film about Martha's cousin, Audrey Hash Ham, on Matt Kinman's "The Back Porch of America"

Jackson work on display this year/New pictures

Jackson's work will be on display this year at The Albert Hash Memorial Festival, The BlueRidge Folklife Festival at Ferrum and The Richmond Folk Festival in Richmond, VA come by and check out his latest work.
Also, see some new pictures of guitars, fiddles and banjos in Jackson's shop page, and his Facebook page for the latest pictures of instruments that Jackson has been working on……