Robin Kessinger

On this West Virginia Morning, we learn about one of West Virginia’s legendary musical families, the Kessingers. Also, in this show, a brush fire in the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve has grown, and hospital workers in Huntington have ended their month-long strike.

A treasure of West Virginia flatpicking and old-time music, Robin Kessinger comes from a prominent musical family. Kessinger first met Tyler Grant in 2005 at the Wayne Henderson Festival and Contest in Virginia. The friendship and musical arrangements would grow into the album called Kanawha County Flatpicking.

Our Song of the Week comes to us from two flat-picking champions, Tyler Grant and Robin Kessinger.A treasure of West Virginia flatpicking and old-time…