Conrad Shiba plays traditional and contemporary folk music on banjo, guitar, hammered dulcimer, mountain dulcimer, ukulele, and banjo uke.  He has been a performer for over 50 years.

Originally hailing from Cleveland, Ohio, Shiba's first instrument was the ukulele, then he soon began playing folk guitar, inspired by many of the singer-songwriters and topical singers of the 1960s.  He took up clawhammer banjo after graduating from college and began to perform extensively in Columbus, Ohio.  After two graduate degrees and a couple of teaching jobs, he ended up in Danville, Kentucky, where he was one of the original members of the Raggedy Robin String Band.  RRSB performed at many folk festivals and other functions from 1982-90 and appeared in the television movie "Bluegrass" before disbanding.  In the years since, Shiba has performed in a variety of venues.  From 2012-16 he co-directed and performed with Centre College's Kentucky Ensemble, a student string band.  A highlight of this time was a 10-day tour of a select touring group from the Ensemble in New York and New England.  In 2023, Shiba was chosen as one of three musicians to spend a week performing at various venues in Northern Ireland as part of an artist exchange with Danville's Sister City of Carrickfergus. Shiba now performs solo and with various assemblages of old-time musicians in the central Kentucky area, including the Doc Shiba Band, the Paw Paw Pickers, and Where's Cassie.  Recent performances have included the Fraley Festival of Traditional Music, Kentucky 225th Birthday Celebration, Windy Corner Market, Wallace Station Deli & Bakery, Woodford Reserve Distillery, the Wilderness Trace Child Development Center, Danville High School, and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Lexington.  He is often seen at the Monday night jams at Old North Bar in the Greyline Station in Lexington, KY.  In a past life, Shiba taught chemistry and geology at Centre College for 37 years and spent time climbing volcanoes and teaching students about them.