PineCone-Piedmont Council of Traditional Music

Founded in 1984 with the goal of calling much-deserved attention to the traditional music of the Piedmont, the Piedmont Council of Traditional Music (PineCone) presented local and regional musicians, promoted shape note singing and hosted dances. Today it preserves and presents American roots music across a wide spectrum including fiddle tunes, ballads, bluegrass, blues, gospel, swing and folk.

Throughout the year, PineCone presents the Down Home Concert Series at the Progress Energy Center, the free Music of the Carolinas Series at the N.C. Museum of History, and the Listening Room Series at the Holly Springs Cultural Center. PineCone also partners with the towns of Cary and Wake Forest to present free outdoor concerts featuring local and regional bands from May through October. Since 1989, PineCone has had a partnership with WQDR-FM which presents the PineCone Bluegrass Show, reaching an estimated 85,000 listeners each week in 24 counties east of Raleigh. PineCone promotes participatory music sessions including a bluegrass jam, an Irish jam, and a monthly shape-note sing.