About
Annie Fain is native to the crafts/music/dance community of Brasstown, North Carolina, home of the John C. Campbell Folk School. She is a painter & book maker / Southern Highland Craft Guild member / banjo-accordion-uke player / instructor of American & European traditional dance / speaker of French / mother of two. She has lived and studied in Asheville/NC, Edinburgh/Scotland, Brønderslev/Denmark and Désaignes/France.
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Fain House Radio Podcast
Annie Fain interviews painters and gardeners, designers and musicians, photoraphers and cooks, creative livers of any kind, who have some how, in the middle of it all, continued on their creative paths no matter what.
Music & Dance
Annie Fain grew up in and married into families of traditional musicians and dancers. She now teaches and performs both regionally and in France. She has played both Appalachian old-time and traditional French tunes in various combos: Lucky Boy (Jamie Herrmann & Jessica Johnson), The Liden Family Band (David Liden, Martha Owen, Lindsey Liden, Emolyn Liden & Géraud Barralon) / Blue Eyed Girl (Pearl Shirley, Laurel Willoughby, Ellie Grace) / Accompanist to Géraud Barralon / Ida Red Trio (Polo Bulguière, Nadine Marianelli & Géraud Barralon) / Bal Itinérant Band (Paco Medina, Thibaut Preciat, Polo Bulguière, Nadine Marianelli & Géraud Barralon . She has danced with Rural Felicity Garland Dancers, Loafer’s Glory Clog Morris, Green Grass Cloggers and Dames Rocket Northwest Morris.
Music
- Clawhammer Banjo
- Banjo Uke
- Diatonic Accordion
- Singing
Dance
- Clogging/Flatfooting
- Bal Folk
- Northwest Morris
- English Waltz Clog
- Traditional Dance for Kids
Upcoming Performances & Dances
- May 20, 2025 / 7pm / Call Contra & Square Dance w/ Don Pedi & Friends / John C. Campbell Folk School / Brasstown, NC
- June 24 / 7 pm / Call Contra & Square Dance w/ Paddy’s Return / John C. Campbell Folk School / Brasstown, NC
- Sept. 20th 2025 / Mountain Heritage Day Concert / Blue Eyed Girl / 10am / Folk Art Center / Asheville, NC
- Oct. 18-19, 2025 / Bal Folk / Leaf Festival / Annie Fain Barralon & Bal Iti (Géraud Barralon & Jonah Graves).
- Oct. 8, 2025 / Bal Folk & Contra with Annie Fain Barralon & Claire Takemori / John C. Campbell Folk School / Brasstown, NC
- March 1-7, 2026 / Weeklong Class “100 Years of Song & Dance at the Folk School” / Annie Fain Barralon & Wenday Graham
- May 29-31, 2026 / Bal Folk Dance Weekend / Annie Fain Barralon & Brasstown Bal Folk Band (Géraud Barralon & Friends)
Workshops
* Little/Middle Folk School
June 16-21, 202
John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, www.folkschool.org
* 100 Years of Music & Dance at the Folk School
March 1-7, 2026 / Roots of the Folk School Week
John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, www.folkschool.org
* Bal Folk Dance Weekend
May 29-31, 2026
John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, www.folkschool.org
where to find fain house gift cards & calendars
- John C. Campbell Folk School Craft Shop / Brasstown, NC
- Malaprops Bookstore / Asheville, NC
- City Lights Bookstore / Sylva, NC
- Bridgton Books / Bridgton, ME
- Rare Bird Emporium / Murphy, NC
- Folk Art Center / Asheville, NC
- Allanstand Shop on Tunnel Road / Asheville, NC
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