# Snappin' Bug Music > OLD TIME MUSIC OF SW PENNSYLVANIA ## Pages - [Appalachian Music in Southwestern Pennsylvania](https://www.snappinbug.com/index.php/appalachian-music-in-southwestern-pennsylvania/): The Bayard Collection and the Snappin’ Bug Project of Mark Tamsula and Richard Withers by R. C. Withers Pennsylvania may not come to mind when most people think of Appalachia, although it holds more square miles of Appalachian mountains than any other American state. Traditional music of the Pennsylvania highlands has been largely unrecognized in the canon of Appalachian old-time music compared to the tunes and songs of its southern neighbors. But Pennsylvanian mountain music was once abundant and merits inclusion. Sadly, the last great generation of musicians raised in the old-time Pennsylvania tradition had largely passed away by the […] - [~VIDEO PLAYLISTS~](https://www.snappinbug.com/index.php/videos/): Snappin’ Bug2026 Whishey Rebellion Festival 2021 Gardner Winter Music Festival2/25/17 Gardner Winter Music Festival2019 PA Tunes Workshop CD Release Events 2011 – 2022 Contact for Booking - [~QUOTES~](https://www.snappinbug.com/index.php/quotes/): “The Snowy Hill is my new standard for traditional music albums. It looks backward and forward with perfect clarity: the old tunes are performed enthusiastically, with freedom, and the new tunes are artfully crafted, worthy of inclusion in the canon. Richard’s playing is gorgeous, and his arrangements are thoughtful and dynamic. I especially appreciated the moments in the album when the tunes were played long. Many players state the tune, repeat, then move on, but Richard plays with a rare faith in the music, that these tunes are more than novel, 16-bar compositions, and they deserve to be considered on […] - [SBUG ERIE](https://www.snappinbug.com/index.php/sbug-erie/) - [~SNAPPIN' BUG STRINGBAND~](https://www.snappinbug.com/index.php/snappin-bug-stringband/): Mark Tamsula Richard Withers Barbara Rosner Pittsburgher old time music icons Mark Tamsula, Richard Withers and Barbara Rosner are giving new life to a regional music tradition. They present traditional Appalachian music historically rooted in Southwestern Pennsylvania performing tunes collected by the renowned music historian and Penn State professor, Samuel Preston Bayard. Bayard visited fiddlers and fifers in this region between 1928 and 1963, and published over 1000 of their tunes in two books, Hill Country Tunes, and Dance to the Fiddle, March to the Fife. Many of the tunes are performed on fiddle and banjo, the traditional “old time” […] - [NEWSB](https://www.snappinbug.com/index.php/page4-2/) - [CONTACT US](https://www.snappinbug.com/index.php/page3-2/) - [~THE BAYARD COLLECTIONS~](https://www.snappinbug.com/index.php/the-bayard-collections/): Samuel Preston Bayard (left) Samuel Losch (right) Between 1928 and 1963, Samuel Bayard and his collaborators traveled throughout southwestern Pennsylvania collecting and transcribing over 1000 traditional folk tunes. Their sources were largely country dance fiddlers, but also fifers, who carried on a once widespread but now relatively obscure tradition of American marching music. Most of the tunes we play on our recordings are taken from the Bayard collection, and all are traditional tunes played in Pennsylvania until recent times. Bayard began his project at a critical time in our music’s history: The first mass-produced 78 rpm “country music” recordings in […] - [JOIN US AT CLIFFTOP '23](https://www.snappinbug.com/index.php/please-check-here-for-other-jams-of-sw-pa-tunes-this-week/): Please check HERE for other jams of SW PA tunes this week: 7/30 SUN 3:OO PM CD JAMWATERTOWER 7/31 MON ? 8/1 TUES ? 8/2 WED ? 8/3 THU ? 8/4 FRI ? 8/5 SAT ? SUN. JULY 30, 3 PM CD RELEASE PARTYunder theWATER TOWER - [SORRY, NOT GOING TO CLIFFTOP 2022](https://www.snappinbug.com/index.php/join-us-at-clifftop-2022/): Due to Covid’s summer surge, we’ve chosen not to be at this year’s Clifftop. See you “next time!” - [](https://www.snappinbug.com/): ~SNAPPIN’ BUG STRINGBAND~ Mark Tamsula   Richard WithersBarbara Rosner ~RECORDINGS~ NEW RELEASE! …also available at theSnappin’ Bug Online Store ~THE BAYARD COLLECTIONS~ Almost all of our tunes and songs are from the collections of Samuel Preston Bayard, who traveled throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania in the early to mid-20th century, preserving a musical heritage that otherwise might have been lost.( more…) ~PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE~ ~more VIDEOS~ read about us in~THE NEW OLD TIMES~ [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)