Author: Sandy Hatley

Greg Rich and Carl Jackson with the Carl Jackson Signature banjo at SPBGMA - photo by Robin Jackson Recording King has recently announced a new model to their line of banjos: the Carl Jackson Signature Edition model.   "We've worked with some

Cody Johnson, SPBGMA's newly-named Promoter of the Year, is adding a new festival to honor the legendary Tony Rice, at Camp Springs Blue Grass Park in North Carolina on Memorial Day weekend.  Johnson said, "We are excited to announce that we

Doug Whitley and Lorraine Jordan Doug Whitley presents Hwy 40 Bluegrass each Tuesday afternoon on The Bluegrass Jamboree. He was born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, and his radio career and love for music developed at an early age.  "I was

Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road welcome a new fiddle player, Warren Blair, for their 2023 season. Jordan shared... "Matt Hooper, who had been with the band for six years, is taking some time off the road. He will be staying close to

Little Roy and Lizzy are saying goodbye to one band mate, and hello to two more. Guitarist, Will Eller, is stepping down. John Gooding, brother to the Little Roy & Lizzy Show's mandolinst, Josh Gooding, will be their new guitarist.

In the wake of the school shut downs due to the COVID 19 outbreak, three central North Carolina fiddlers' conventions held in school buildings are finally returning this spring, with a few changes.  Star Fiddlers' Convention will resume for its 96th

Jason Fraley, long time mandolinist/baritone singer with Deeper Shade of Blue, stepped down from the band at the end of 2022. He was prepping for extensive double jaw surgery, and looking to focus more on his family and his work

With the digital age, music, including bluegrass, is being presented in a lot of different types and formats. Jeremiah Gilmer, a young southern Virginia-based graphic designer, works a day job and plays music in his spare time from his home,

Founding member, Andrew Brown, of the central North Carolina-based Gospel Plowboys, is stepping down after more than a decade with the group. The Mountain Fever recording artists are best known for spreading the gospel through tight harmonies, and touching lyrics,

Central North Carolina-based bluegrass band, Grass Strings, formed in 1975. They played their first show at Pfeiffer College in January 1976, and have been performing ever since. The band has seen many changes in personnel throughout the years, but one