A seventh-generation ballad singer, storyteller, and musician, Sheila Kay
Adams was born and raised in the Sodom Laurel community of Madison
County, North Carolina, an area renowned for its unbroken tradition of
unaccompanied ballad singing dating back to the early Scottish, Scots/Irish
and English settlers in the mid-17th century. In September, 2013, she
received the nation’s highest award for the arts, The National Endowment
for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship Award which recognizes folk and
traditional artists for their artistic excellence and efforts to conserve America's
culture for future generations. In 2016, Sheila received the North Carolina
Heritage Award, the state’s highest award for the arts.
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