Sheila Kay Adams

Adams is a musician from Madison County in western North Carolina. From infancy on, she was steeped in a tradition of mountain music - her family includes the Wallin and Chandler families, both branches of which are renowned for their musical abilities. Adams plays clawhammer banjo and has a rich, distinctive mountain twang to her singing voice. In addition to being in demand on the lecture and concert circuits, Adams has appeared in several films and has authored a book entitled "Come Go With Me". She has lectured and performed in eastern Tennessee at the Lost State Writers Conference, among other places.