Adam Hurt and Beth Hartness (Monthly Program)

Adam Hurt and Beth Hartness perform traditional fiddle- andbanjo-anchored music from the Appalachian south and beyond. Adam'selegantly innovative clawhammer banjo playing has been nationallyrecognized through his many competition victories, including first placeat Clifftop in 2003; he is a former state banjo champion of Virginia,West Virginia, Ohio, and Alabama, and he has also won state fiddlecontests in Virginia, Alabama, and Maryland. His debut CD, "Intrigue,"was released by Copper Creek Records in 2002, and has received praisefrom reviewers for Dirty Linen, the Old-Time Herald, Banjo Newsletter,and other publications. Beth's singular fingerstyle guitar has been acritical component of many prizewinning old-time bands, and her playingis featured on multiple recordings, including North Carolina FolkHeritage Award winner Marvin Gaster's seminal banjo CD on RounderRecords. Adam and Beth can be heard together on Adam's second CD,"Insight," released in 2006 and produced by Grammy award winners CathyFink and Marcy Marxer.