Photograph by Kore Io Eliza McWhirter
Robert Bruce Greene is known worldwide as one of the finest living exponents of old time Kentucky fiddle music. He is also a skilled old time banjo player, singer, and collector of traditional Appalachian music and culture. Bruce has lived and worked among the people of Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina for more than thirty years, bringing to his playing the profound intimacy and dignity he absorbed through his apprenticeships with musicians born as far back as the 1880’s.
Come visit and share some of Bruce’s experiences and memories. You can also read about and order his recordings.
"Bruce is an elegant bow artist who has modeled his very personal style on some of the legends of the Kentucky fiddling pantheon...So much subtlety goes into making (his tunes) shine, so much dynamic, that when you hear them, you will have to marvel at the beauty of the tune structures and also at the skill of the fiddler in pulling some of the obtuse phrases together into a cohesive unit."
- Kerry Blech, Old Time Herald