Author: Richard Thompson

Roland White remembered – his life in music

Roland and Clarence White/Roland White and Diane Bouska – photo by Nicole Christianson Pioneer, multi-instrumentalist and singer Roland White, primarily a…

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Bobby Atkins passes 

Bobby Atkins, veteran banjo player and singerof roughly 60 years’ experience playing bluegrass and country music, passed away on Sunday, March…

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The great Earl Scruggs, now ten years gone

10 years ago, on March 28, 2012, Earl Eugene Scruggs, noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo-picking style that bears his famous…

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I’ll Leave My Heart in Tennessee named as an official state song

Jamie Dailey, Karen Staley, and Darrin Vincent on the Dailey & Vincent television show Last month I’ll Leave My Heart in…

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Mac Martin passes

The first-generation bluegrass lead singer, guitar picker, and band leader from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, William (Bill) Dermot “Mac Martin” Colleran passed away…

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Happy Birthday Little Roy Lewis!

Little Roy Lewis is 80 today!  Roy McArthur “Little Roy” Lewis Jr. was born and raised the youngest member of the…

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Another honor for J.D. Crowe, from the Kentucky Legislature

Not surprisingly, tributes and condolences have poured in following the passing of banjo ace J.D. Crowe, who passed away on Christmas…

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Aidan McGale remembered

Aidan McGale, a member of the country and bluegrass band, the Knotty Pine String Band, passed away on Tuesday, December 21,…

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Raymond Fairchild biography is forthcoming

When, in January 2022, the Haywood County Arts Council (HCAC) and regional partners announced the 2021-2022 Artist Support Grant awardees, it…

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What’s the future for the Starday-King Sound Studio building in Nashville? 

While the King Records facility in Cincinnati looks to have an assured future with financial support for restoration, judging by images…

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