Come hear the history and traditions of music from the Piedmont with Wayne Martin and a special musical guest. Wayne Martin, the senior program manager for communities at the N.C. Arts Council and a founding member of  PineCone, has produced a new 2 CD collection, “Going Down to Raleigh: Stringband Music in the North Carolina Piedmont 1976-1998”   Martin will discuss the field recordings that are included on the CDs and that highlight the distinctive music traditions of the Piedmont region and conclude with a live performance. “Going Down to Raleigh” includes fiddlers, banjo players, guitarists and singers, who often learned their music from family and friends. The anthology includes full liner notes and photographs of the musicians. Musicians featured in the collection include: Virgil Craven, Leonard Eubanks, Marvin Gaster, Beth Hartness, Rich Hartness, Jack Jones, Smith McInnis, Robert Mitchener, Fred Olson, Ava Overton, Gerry Overton, Evelyn Shaw, Joe Thompson, Odell Thompson, Wade Yates and Wayne Martin.