Ash Devine, Folk Troubadour
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“Not your average folk singer, Ash Devine draws deeply on her upbringing in the southern Appalachian region, and her international travels with humanitarian activist and performance artist, Patch Adams, M.D.” – Twin Rivers Film Festival Director
Known as a ‘folk troubadour’, Ash Devine writes, collects, and performs cross genre folk music drawing from originals, folk-rock, traditional Appalachian old time, country blues, contemporary folk, and international folk music. Ash has self produced two albums of original music, and is working on two more, including a traditional Appalachian and folk legacy compilation. Informed by her upbringing in the Blue Ridge Moutains of VA, and NC, and her international travels with Patch Adams, M.D., Ash is a versitile performer offering a varierty of music programming in numerous settings such as museums, cafe’s, festivals, house concerts, farmers markets, folk schools, health care facilities, and she facilitates uke and guitar jams and workshops in reputable venues such as the John C. Campbell Folk School.
Reminiscent of Pete Seeger, or Joan Baez, Ash weaves story, history, and group singing experiences into performances… with a speciality in audience connection.
In 2022, Ash was a featured songwriter at the Forbes Center for Performing Arts on NPR’s Acoustic Cafe songwriter series Songstress Sojourn which was recorded in front of a live audience. In 2015, Ash starred as Maybelle Carter of the legendary Carter Family band and musically directed the play Esley: The Life and Music of Leslie Riddle, where she closely replicated Maybelle’s iconic Carter scratch guitar style. In 2025, Ash developed and performed a new one woman show, My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains: Music of the Carter Family and Appalachian Folk Traditions which explored Appalachian song collecting traditions, and the multicultural roots found within the music of the Carter family and debuted at Port Townsend, WA’s Key City Public Theater in May, 2025.
Teaching & Community Arts in Health: Inspired by a decade of international travels with Patch Adams, M.D., Devine offers eclectic music programs in the nursing care setting with people effected by Alzheimer’s and other disabilities. Click this link to learn more.
Exciting News!!!
Florida Tour 2026 is underway, partially sponsored by the Local 1000 Traveling Musician’s union‘s Music Performance Trust Fund. Ash will be presenting a free and open to the public concert in Gainesville, FL at the collectively run community arts gallery, The Night Jar on Friday, Nov. 13th, 2026 at 7pm, with special guest, Maggie Clifford. Devine will also perform at the iconic & artsy Gainesville restaurant and state of the art music venue, Satchel’s Pizza on Wed. Nov. 18th.
2027: Ash Devine will lead both a Carter Family class(May) and a uke for holidays(Dec.) class in 2027 at the John C. Campbell Folk School in May, 2027! She will also be on faculty at the Swananoa Gathering Old Time week in July of 2027, presenting on the Carter family.
Ash’s biographies here.
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“Ash Devine’s music has a classic folk sound without pretense, Devine is the real deal.” -Tret Fure (Award-winning songwriter and producer)
Ash Devine, the Appalachian folk tradition, and Maybelle Carter
In the summer of 2015, Ash Devine blew audiences away when she starred as the legendary country star mother Maybelle Carter of the Carter Family during the Parkway Playhouse production of “Esley: The Life and Music of Lesley Riddle”. As co-musical director, Ash Devine’s guitar playing closely emulated the Carter family sound. In 2018, Devine directed and co-produced A tribute to Carter Family and Women in Old Time at the White Horse Black Mountain, NC. In Nov. 2022, Devine was selected for a music & folklore research fellowship at the iconic John C. Campbell folk school in Western NC.
In 2025, Ash developed and performed a new one woman show, My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains: Music of the Carter Family and Appalachian Folk Traditions which discussed the Appalachian song sharing and collecting traditions, and the multicultural roots found beneath the music of the Carter family. The show was debuted at the Key City Public Theater in Port Townsend, WA, and audiences and the Key City director Denise Winter gave rave reviews. The show is intended to be replicated. Contact Ash Devine for booking inquiries.
“Ash Devine did a fine job, and really caught the essence of that dry yet driving Carter family harmony.” (Grammy Nominee and folklorist, David Holt)
“Ash Devine was channeling Maybelle Carter.”-Minnie Powell (Musician )
Hire Ash to lead a community uke-led jam and singalong, or workshop! Contact Ash for more details on offerings at bookashdevine@gmail.com
“Ash’s unique background and ability to connect with her audiences through story and sound makes her music deeply relatable and compelling for people of all ages.” -C. Steward ( Producer TwinRivers Media Festival)
To schedule a Uke workshop or lesson series, please contact Ash Devine at bookashdevine@gmail.com