Lynn began playing solo in 2008 at The Wickwire Gallery in Hendersonville. Lynn remembered, as a small child, watching The Arthur Smith Show with her parents and told me of a picture of her grandfather standing on the beach in Charleston, SC with his banjo after playing a show there with his brothers.
Lynn can trace her musicianship back at least three generations. Lynn and her group, The Jeter Mountain Band, had just played for about one hundred residents at the Mills River Life Enrichment Center. I caught up with Lynn Goldsmith, along with her good friend and sound engineer, Donna White, at the Black Bear Coffee shop in Hendersonville, NC. Their answers will give you insights into what makes this music so magic. I asked each about their experiences and what motivates them to keep showing up. Recently, I sat down with four local musicians who represent a combined eight decades of playing live gigs. If you haven’t experienced this lively scene, I highly recommend putting it on your list of must-do’s. The tunes have evolved, but the essence of the live performance has not.
The music brought people together and provided joy and solace. Long before Brevard Music Center opened its campus in 1944, the sounds of mostly-stringed instruments echoed from surrounding hillsides and across the valley floor. Transylvania County’s love affair with musicīrevard, North Carolina has an enduring love affair with live music.
