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Kay Justice

Kay Justice is an American folk, old-time, and Appalachian ballad singer, guitarist, and banjoist. Raised in Wytheville, Virginia, she began her music career in the mid-1960s while attending Clinch Valley College in Wise, Virginia. In the mid-1980s she began a long-term partnership with singer Ginny Hawker. Together, the duo recorded four prominent tribute albums to the Carter Family. She is also known for her acclaimed collaboration with bluegrass trailblazer Alice Gerrard, Tear Down the Fences (2017), and her acoustic old-time duet project with Sam Gleaves, The Cabin Sessions.

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