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Carolina Music Ways Music
Heritage Resource Group (CMW) is a
grassroots group of area citizens from the Yadkin Valley region
of northwest North Carolina—one of the most
musically rich areas of the United States. CMW serves as the
region's primary source of information on the area's musical
heritage and on current-day musicians and events that keep area
music traditions alive. We focus on bluegrass, jazz, blues,
gospel, old-time stringband, and
Moravian music. CMW
was established in 2003 as a North Carolina nonprofit
organization. Our work is made possible thanks to technical
support provided by the Northwest Piedmont Council of
Governments, as well as funding from The Winston-Salem
Foundation, the North Carolina Arts Council, and the Arts
Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County |
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Carolina Music Ways inventories
the music traditions of the Yadkin Valley region of North
Carolina,
specifically Davie, Davidson, Forsyth, Stokes, Surry, and Yadkin
counties We plan to add one more final county soon -
Wilkes. CMW
presents this web
site to give you information on events, musicians, and
organizations that keep area music traditions alive. The site
includes information on regional music history, as well as on
the over 1000 events you can attend year-round in the region
that include heritage music.
We are currently creating the first compilation CD of heritage
musicians from the Yakin Valley region.
Future plans include a
performance program for area schools.
Over the years, CMW has also compiled a 170-page area music
inventory and organized three heritage music
concerts highlighting our region's diverse, interconnected
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We
live in the Yadkin Valley region of northwest North Carolina,
a scenic and historic area of rolling foothills near the
Blue Ridge Mountains. A
mild climate and good soil conditions have recently made the
Yadkin Valley region one of the fastest growing wine-producing
area's in the United States.
Winston-Salem, known
as the “City of the Arts”, is the region's largest city and
lies approximately 100 miles west of
Raleigh,
NC,
80 miles north of Charlotte,
NC, and 30 miles south of the Virginia
border. Most of the region
consists primarily of small towns,
farmland, vineyards,
and beautiful natural areas, which include the Yadkin River, the
Sauartown Mountains,
and Pilot Mountain. Major roads crossing
the Yadkin Valley region are Interstates 40, 77, and 74, as
well as US Highways 421 and 52. |
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Please
contact us with any questions, comments, or feedback at
carolinamusicways@juno.com. You can also reach us at
Carolina Music Ways, c/o NWPCOG, 400 W. 4th St., Suite 400,
Winston-Salem, NC, 27101, or at (336) 761-2111, ex. 153.
If you would like to
receive our E-MAIL NEWSLETTER, please contact us by
clicking here. We provide
information and updates about six times a year and we do not
share our mail list with anyone.
For contact
information about lodgings and non-music attractions, please go
to the "Counties" section of this web site.
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Carolina Music Ways has worked diligently to provide accurate
information and give proper credit on this web site. In the
event, however, that we have inadvertently erred, we apologize
and request to be contacted so we can make any necessary corrections. |
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