•
Hasil Adkins,
rockabilly musician •
Elbern Alkire, Hawaiian guitar •
Cuba Austin, jazz drummer •
Leon "Chu" Berry,
jazz saxophonist •
Charles Blevins, West Virginia folk music musician •
Andy Boarman, banjo and autoharp player •
Byzantine, melodic
death metal band •
Mark Carman,
gospel,
country Grammy-nominated producer, musician, songwriter •
Tyler Childers, folk/country/Americana singer •
Wilma Lee Cooper and
Stoney Cooper, country •
Billy Cox, bassist for Jimi Hendrix •
George Crumb, composer •
Hazel Dickens, bluegrass singer from Mercer County •
Little Jimmy Dickens,
country singer •
Sierra Ferrell, country musician •
Ed Haley, old-timey fiddler from Logan County •
Hawkshaw Hawkins,
country singer •
Blind Joe Hill, blues singer, one-man band •
Frank Hutchison, country blues and Piedmont blues musician and songwriter •
Johnnie Johnson,
piano player and
blues musician •
Daniel Johnston, indie musician from Hancock County •
Dick Justice, blues and folk musician •
Musa Kaleem, jazz saxophonist and flautist •
Karma to Burn, progressive alternative-metal band •
The Lilly Brothers,
bluegrass musicians •
The Love Coats, acoustic rock/pop •
Kathy Mattea,
country singer •
Mind Garage, psychedelic rock •
Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr.,
jazz singer •
John & Emery McClung Brothers & old-time musicians ca. 1930 •
Tex McGuire, old-time musician •
Tim O'Brien,
bluegrass musician •
Mollie O'Brien, bluegrass, Americana •
Molly O'Day, pioneering
country vocalist •
Brad Paisley,
country singer and songwriter from Wheeling. Has had 5 #2 albums on the Billboard 200 from 2005 to 2014. •
Don Redman,
jazz arranger and
clarinetist •
Blind Alfred Reed, fiddler & composer •
Carl Rutherford, blues guitarist and singer from
War, West Virginia •
Jim Savarino, singer/songwriter •
Art Simmons, jazz pianist •
Michael W. Smith,
contemporary Christian music star •
Red Sovine, country •
Johnny Staats,
bluegrass mandolin •
Eleanor Steber, operatic soprano •
Steve Whiteman, lead singer of
Kix •
The Williamson Brothers, folk •
Garland Wilson, jazz pianist •
Melvin Wine, recipient of a
National Heritage Fellowship •
Bill Withers, R&B musician, had a #1
Billboard Hot 100 hit with "
Lean on Me" in 1972. •
Frankie Yankovic,
polka musician •
Zao, metalcore band ==See also==