Sodom Laurel musician
Sheila Kay Adams
Also known as Barnhill, Sheila Adams
Born1953-03-18
BirthplaceMadison County
CountryMadison County
GenderFemale
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Biography
Sheila Kay Adams is an American folk musician from the Sodom Laurel community in Madison County, North Carolina.
Adams learned to sing from her great-aunt Dellie Chandler Norton and other notable singers in the community such as Dillard Chandler and members of the Wallin Family. She began performing in public in her teens, and throughout her career she has performed at festivals, events, music camps, and workshops around the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Adams performs ballads from English, Scottish, and Irish traditions as she learned them from her ancestors, as well as innovating other tunes with a signature drop-thumb clawhammer style on the five-string banjo.
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