Iowa Public Television

The Wilders are from Kansas City and play tunes from the golden age of country music (the '20s-'40s). Members include Ike Sheldon singing lead and playing guitar, fiddler Betse Ellis, Phil Wade on Dobro, banjo and mandolin, and Nate Gawron on... 02:16 Read More »

The Waring Family is from Jesup, Iowa. Since 1994, the Warings have been playing bluegrass and gospel music at festivals around the Midwest. Each family member joins in their outstanding harmony sound. Dad Gene Waring plays banjo, son Mike is on... 02:46 Read More »

Mike Seeger has been preserving and performing traditional music since the 1950s. While singing old-time tunes, he accompanies himself with a variety of instruments including banjo, pipes, jaw harp, harmonica, and Autoharp. Seeger, who is from... 02:59 Read More »

Golden Harvest, a bluegrass band from Omaha, Nebraska, performs original songs and traditional favorites with every member singing and harmonizing. The band consists of Hal Cottrell playing mandolin, Max Cooley on Dobro, Matt Allen on guitar,... 03:09 Read More »

The Ezells have appeared at many Iowa bluegrass and old-time country music festivals. Marge Ezell, who is lead singer and plays upright acoustic bass, has been awarded the Midwest Female Vocalist of the Year three times by the Society for the... 01:53 Read More »

Cathy Barton and Dave Para, from Missouri, perform what they like to call "hand-me-down music." This versatile vocal duo plays folk and old-time music on several instruments, including hammered dulcimer, fretted dulcimer, banjo, guitar, Autoharp,... 02:42 Read More »