The 2026 Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Concert Series, presented by Redstone Federal Credit Union, continues on Thursday, July 23 with a performance by Michael Reno Harrell and Josh Goforth. The concert will be held at Athens State University in McCandless Hall at 7:00 pm.
The union of nationally recognized storytellers and musicians Michael Reno Harrell and Josh Goforth is such a natural paring that one must wonder why it didn’t occur earlier. Both performers are from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina where acoustic music and storytelling are as much a part of life as the whippoorwill’s call. Having been fans of each other’s work for over two decades, their performances are as natural as the harmonies of brothers. Josh is a multi-instrumentalist, storyteller, and songwriter who carries on the traditions rooted in Appalachian culture. Michael is an award winning songwriter, musician and storyteller whose roots reach back into mists of the southern mountains. Together they bring that experience to the listener with the humor and heart that their forebears are so well known for.
Tickets for the show are $15.00 for adults/$5.00 for children and can be purchased by visiting www.athensfiddlers.org.
This event is brought to you by the Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention Steering Committee and the Livingston Concert/Lecture Series, with funding made possible by grants from the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area and the Alabama State Council on the Arts.