Bascom Lamar Lunsford (1882-1973) was a performer, amateur folklorist and collector, festival organizer, and recording artist from the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. He played fiddle and banjo, and sung ballads, lyric folksongs, banjo shouting songs, and parlor songs. In addition to his performing and festival organizing activities, he contributed more material to the Archive of Folk Song than any other American.

Select a track below to hear Bascom Lamar Lunsford perform his music. These complete tracks are provided here courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Information on purchasing this recording can be found at www.si.edu/folkways (1-800-410-9815).

The Smithsonian Folkways CD on which these tracks appear was prepared by Bascom Lamar Lunsford's daughter, Jo Lunsford Herron. The article below appeared in the Asheville Citizen-Times on Sunday, June 9, 1996, written by Tony Kiss, Entertainment Editor.