Ginny Hawker and Tracy Schwarz

Ginny Hawker and Tracy Schwarz are an American

United States

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Folk music

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duo known for performing traditional music from the early American canon of bluegrass

Bluegrass music

Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...

, gospel

Gospel music

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, and old time music. The duo, however, on occasion does record original songs and music by contemporary songwriters. They live in West Virginia

West Virginia

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Draw Closer (2004, Rounder
Rounder Records
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- with Ron Stewart, Peter Schwarz, and Kari Sickenberger
- produced by Dirk Powell
Good Songs for Hard Times (2000, Copper Creek)
- with Buddy Griffin, Jim Martin, and Peter Schwarz

Ginny Hawker

Letters from my Father, Ginny Hawker (2001 Rounder)
- with Tim O'Brien
  Tim O'Brien (musician)
  Tim O'Brien is an American country and bluegrass musician. In addition to singing, he plays guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, bouzouki and mandocello...
  
  , Darrell Scott
  Darrell Scott
  James Darrell Scott known as Darrell Scott , the son of musician Wayne Scott with whom he has collaborated, is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He moved as a child to East Gary, Indiana. He was playing professionally by his teens in Southern California, later living in...
  
  , Ron Stewart, Dirk Powell, Dennis Crouch, and Kenny Malone
  Kenny Malone
  Kenny Malone is an American drummer/percussionist from Nashville, Tennessee. He has been, since the 1970s, and continues to be a prominent session musician in folk, country and many other acoustic-based genres.-References:...
Bristol, A Tribute to the Carter Family, Ginny Hawker & Kay Justice (1999, Copper Creek/June Appal)
- with Tracy Schwarz and Mike Seeger
  Mike Seeger
  Mike Seeger was an American folk musician and folklorist. He was a distinctive singer and an accomplished musician who played autoharp, banjo, fiddle, dulcimer, guitar, mouth harp, mandolin, dobro, jaw harp, and pan pipes. Seeger, a half-brother of Pete Seeger, produced more than 30 documentary...
Heart of a Singer, Hazel Dickens
Hazel Dickens
Hazel Jane Dickens was an American bluegrass singer, songwriter, double bassist and guitarist. She was the eighth child of an eleven-child mining family in West Virginia. Her music was characterized not only by her high, lonesome singing style, but also by her provocative pro-union, feminist songs...

, Carol Elizabeth Jones, and Ginny Hawker (1998 Rounder)
- with Ron Stewart, Pete Kennedy, Dudley Connell, Barry Mitterhoff
  Barry Mitterhoff
  Barry Mitterhoff is a musician who plays mandolin. He is a former member of Skyline and Silk City, and current member of Hot Tuna.Mitterhoff is also known for contributing to movie soundtracks, including You've Got Mail and O Brother, Where Art Thou?. His work on the latter film, unfortunately,...
  
  , Marshall Wilborn, Bruce Molsky
  Bruce Molsky
  Bruce C. Molsky is an American fiddler, banjo player, guitarist, and singer. He primarily performs old-time music of the Appalachian region.Molsky was born in 1955 at New York Infirmary in Manhattan, and grew up in The Bronx...
  
  , and Lynn Morris
  Lynn Morris
  Lynn Morris is a Christian fiction author. She is the daughter of Gilbert Morris and has co-written with him on most of her books.- Cheney Duvall, M.D...
  
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Come All You Tenderhearted, Ginny Hawker & Kay Justice (1995, June Appal)
Signs & Wonders, Ginny Hawker & Kay Justice (June Appal)
Pathway to West Virginia, Ginny Hawker & Kay Justice (Pathway)

Tracy Schwarz

New Lost City Ramblers: 40 Years of Concert Recordings (2001 Rounder)
There Ain't No Way Out, The New Lost City Ramblers (1997 Smithsonian Folkways
Smithsonian Folkways
Smithsonian Folkways is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution. It is a part of the Smithsonian's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, located at Capital Gallery in downtown Washington, D.C. The label was founded in 1987 after the family of Moses Asch, founder of Folkways...

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A Cajun Practice Music Tape, Tracy Schwarz
Mes Amis!, The Tracy Schwarz Cajun Trio (1996, Swallow)
- with Matt Haney and Lee Blackwell
The Tracy Schwarz Cajun Trio (1993, Swallow)
How to Play the Cajun Accordion, Marc Savoy
Marc Savoy
Marc Savoy is an American musician, and builder and player of the Cajun accordion.Savoy holds a degree in chemical engineering but his primary income is derived from his accordion-making business, based at his Savoy Music Center in Eunice, Louisiana. His wife is the singer and guitarist Ann Savoy,...

and Tracy Schwarz
Strange Creek Singers (1972, Arhoolie)

External links

ginnyandtracy.com, official web site
[ Ginny Hawker] at Allmusic
[ Tracy Schwarz] at Allmusic

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