The Walker Family Band is in a new incarnation! Scott and Landon have both moved to the Asheville area, in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina. We are happy to say, and are lucky that most of our immediate family members live in the same vicinity. This has been a huge change that has been very satisfying for us as a family and has energized The Walker Family Band’s music. We will still have to travel to get the whole band together, which is a normal part of our band life.

For Scott and Landon, leaving Greensboro was a big and difficult decision. We miss the amazing culture of that city, and most of all, our many friends and neighbors there. We keep finding reasons to return. Scott has enjoyed several recent visits there. What may have been the last performance of the Walker Street Fiddlers was at the 50th anniversary of the New Garden Friend’s School in the spring of 2022. Again in the fall of 2022, he returned for the event that he and Karen Collins developed for the Greensboro Day School, called “Fiddle Fusion”. During that same visit, he enjoyed dropping in on the Gibsonville Irish session with many of his Irish music friends at the “Toasty Kettlyst”, including Scott’s Irish music mentor, Fred Lail!

Living so close together, Scott, Landon, and Jennie, are taking the opportunity to play together as much as possible, We are finding venues for our music in the area, which is rich with opportunities. Please check out the calendar of events, which include traveling to Florida for Linda Minke’s Fiddle Fest, February 17 thru 19, 2023, and more!

We believe that playing and teaching music in a warm and accepting environment perpetuates closeness and caring between people and creates a welcome climate for learning. As family members, we are about supporting each other! We strive to give each other the space that is needed for individual expression and growth. In that vein, we especially enjoy supporting each other’s compositions. We love exploring various styles of music, always searching for musical treasures that resonate with us, and our audiences.
The band members are all teachers and have a common interest in sharing our love of playing music with others. At our workshops and camps, we seek to grow a caring community as we teach and play music together. We teach others, so we can have the opportunity to enjoy playing music with them, in a pleasant, non-critical atmosphere, something we try to create at our jam sessions. We import teachers that have similar philosophies to ours, and who also offer a variety subjects and activities to keep things lively and fresh. With these types of teachers and a fabulous crew of kind and thoughtful support personnel we have attracted many wonderful families to our workshops and camps over the years.

We are grateful for the opportunities we have had to effect so many people’s musical and personal lives in positive ways. We are committed to supporting each other in this work and look forward to many more years of pursuing our mission, the fostering of Music, Peace and Joy.