Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, native
Sarah Luisa Bryan grew up in the Carolinas and Virginia, in a family of Carolinian and Cuban heritage. She and her husband Peter Honig live in Durham, North Carolina. Sarah and Peter are both old-time fiddlers and 78 rpm record collectors.
Her mother, Cristina Freeman Bryan, is an author, publisher, and Civil War historian in Calvert County, Maryland; her father, James “Poddy” Bryan, was a literary critic, professor, and designer of miniature golf courses, from Myrtle Beach. Her brother, Will Bryan, is a filmmaker in Richmond, Virginia.
In addition to music, folklife, and old photographs, Sarah is interested in animal welfare, Tar Heel basketball, Mets baseball, “kayfabe“-era pro wrestling, and The Andy Griffith Show.
Photo by Peter Honig: Sarah Bryan and Miss Landers Honig at the Davie Poplar, on the campus of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
