Abstract:
Sheila Kay Adams grew up in Madison County in the small town of Sodom, a community famous for its ballad singers. She is a storyteller, writer, and seventh-generation singer. Her husband, Jim Taylor, builds dulcimers and arranges and produces music CDs of the old music. The couple spends about four months a year on the road performing the old songs and stories of the North Carolina mountains at storytelling festivals and concerts.