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Sheila Kay Adams | Sailor Being Tired | Western AF
A seventh-generation ballad singer, storyteller, and musician, Sheila Kay Adams was born and raised in the Sodom Laurel community of Madison County, North Carolina, an area renowned for its unbroken tradition of unaccompanied ballad singing dating back to the early Scottish, Scots/Irish and English settlers in the mid-17th century. She learned the art of ballad singing directly from elder tradition-bearers in her community.
In addition to her powerful voice and deep knowledge of traditional bal