Danny Knicely
Musician · Rockingham County, Virginia
Best known for
Mandolin
Guitar
Fiddle
Danny Knicely is a Shenandoah Valley multi-instrumentalist — mandolin, guitar and fiddle — and a fourth-generation Appalachian musician whose work runs from old-time dance music to cross-cultural collaborations well outside it.
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- Born in 1975 in Rockingham County, Virginia, into a family that had been playing for generations.
- He has performed with the band Furnace Mountain and collaborated with players including Wyatt Rice and Mark Schatz.
- He won the mandolin contest at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival.
- He served as musical director for the Mountain Music Project, which put Appalachian and Nepali traditional musicians in front of each other — a genuine exchange rather than a fusion exercise.
- In this catalog he appears with Tatiana Hargreaves, with Tim O’Brien and Abigail Washburn, and with Furnace Mountain.
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Tatiana HargreavesPlayed on recordings with Tatiana Hargreaves
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Furnace MountainPlayed on recording with Furnace Mountain
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Nate Leath and FriendsPlayed on recording with Nate Leath and Friends
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Tim O’Brien and Abigail WashburnPlayed on recording with Tim O’Brien and Abigail Washburn
