The Walker Family Band

Peace, Joy, Music

For over two decades The Walker Family Band has delighted audiences throughout the Southeast with a distinctive take on traditional styles, performing Irish dance music and American Old Time music with a forward reaching attitude. We especially enjoy sharing original tunes, which grow naturally from these basic roots and from our thorough training and experience in classical music and jazz. On stage The Walker Family Band creates a confluence of sound with an end game plan, a fresh connection with each audience.

Based in Asheville, North Carolina, The WFB plays festivals, weddings, private parties, and other events. We are all teachers as well as performers. We are deeply invested in offering and supporting educational opportunities that promote and sustain traditional intergenerational music-making and dance locally and at workshops throughout the Southeastern US.

Bluebird Family Fiddle Camp

Sunday, July 4th – Saturday, July 10th 2027

We are extra excited and are greatly looking forward to the celebration of our 25th Anniversary year of our Summer camp in July, 2027!!!!

Thanks to all the former campers and staffers that have made this milestone a reality!! Watch for news about some special events that we will be planning for next summer, and please plan to attend if possible!! If this past summer (2026) is an indication about how healthy our camp is, all signs are looking up for our 2027 camp!

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The Classical and World Music Workshop

July 2nd – July 4th, 2027

This is a new offering for our camp, and is tailored towards students who are comfortable reading music. We offer experiences with classical music, such as a traditional string orchestra, a string quartet, trios and duos, etc. We also offer some exposure to a variety of “World Musics”, reading music from a wide range of sources, including Scandinavian music, Scottish, and maybe Eastern European music, (Belly dance music)!!

The Walker Family Band, Asheville Division

We are amazed to find ourselves living in very close proximity here in Asheville! Scott, Jennie and her family, and Seth, are now living within walking distance of each other. AND Landon is 12 minutes away by car! This makes rehearsing, performing, and recording so much easier than what we have historically have had to overcome!! Our first album, made in 2002 was called Travelin’, for obvious reasons, as we were living in different parts of the country. Happily, and finally, we are bringing a new CD out and we are calling it “Home Again”. It t will be released in the fall of 2026, so Keep your eyes open!! It will be streamed, as well as available in a CD format.

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It All Began When...

The Walker Family Band had its beginnings in 2002, when Scott, his daughter Jennie, his brother Landon and close friend and musical associate, Scott Manring began playing and recording together when they found chances – which did not come very often. The Scotts were in Greensboro North Carolina, Jennie in Austin, Texas, and Landon in Jacksonville, Florida. Our one and only album, “Travelin”, named after a song of Jennie’s, was only produced at the cost of many road miles between us.

The band members have experienced many changes since those beginning days, and not all due to age! Jennie is now in Asheville, teaching, performing, and with her husband, raising her two beautiful children. In 2016, Landon married Linda Minke, from Jacksonville, Florida, and now we have a delightful and talented new family member in our band! For more history, go here.

The WFB’s instrument combinations and variety of styles creates a wide range of sonorities and musical feelings! Depending on the style or mood of the music, Scott (w) and Linda can add more fiddle and/or cello behind Jennie as she leads with her infectious smile and faultless fiddle. Landon’s bass anchors the sound. Scott (m) shares his genius on many types o’guitars. He and Scott (w) both play guitar in a low DADGAD tuning. If the band needs the evocative sound of an accordion, Landon can provide. When tunes ache for the banjo, Scott (m) is on call. Linda adds a variety of percussive sounds and has the ability to impart emotions of romance to tragedy as she delicately plays her Celtic harp.

Each band member brings a unique perspective and experience to the group, creating a musical blend that is as fresh and fun for the musicians as it is for their audience!

The Walker Family Band members obviously love to play together, especially when they perform each other’s music…and they play together as much as they can! The band performs in various configurations of its original self, and at various venues and situations all over the southeast.

The WFB band members are all teachers, combining their love of building community through the sharing and learning of music. Collaborative work with like-minded teachers and generous support personnel enabled The Walker Family Band to host educational events, camps, and workshops for over two decades. Even more gratifying is the love and support that students and families have given back! The Walker Family Band looks forward to many more years of collaborative sharing. Music, Peace and Joy.

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