With a name like “Gibson,” one might guess that this West Virginia teenager was a musician. Well, that would be correct! Gibson, a fourth generation musician, hammers the five string. The rising 9th grader explained his name. “My dad is friends
Author: Sandy Hatley
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Jim Fraley retiring from Deeper Shade of Blue
It’s never easy to give up something that you enjoy and have done for the better part of your life, but sometimes you just know when it’s time to walk away. It has reached that point for Jim Fraley. This
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True Colors and the Test of the Times: Gonna Love Anyway from Louisa Branscomb
Molly Tuttle, Jim Hurst, Louisa Branscomb, Sierra Hull, Ben Surratt, and Missy Raines The new Louisa Branscomb music video, Gonna Love Anyway, plays the tune of the times through a musical trail of troubles and triumph. The title song of her
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Nu-Blu Offers free DVD as a gesture during COVID quarantine
The Coronavirus has affected everyone’s lives and livelihoods. One profession hit hard during the stay-at-home orders, of course, is entertainment. No one understands this more than Nu-Blu, a full-time touring bluegrass band based out of Siler City, NC. They have
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Barry Abernathy adopts two young children, one with his same birth defect
We were all amazed and impressed the first time that we saw Barry Abernathy pick the banjo. Born with only a thumb and stub of an index finger on his left hand, he reached over the top of the banjo
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Clinton Joyner passes
North Carolina banjo picker, Clinton Joyner, 92, of Concord, NC, passed away on April 12. Joyner first started picking banjo two-finger style in the 1930s, learning on his daddy’s second hand banjo. Around a decade later, he heard Earl Scruggs play
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Trent Callicutt – banjo picker/trucker dealing with COVID-19
The spring of 2020 will be remembered for the coronavirus and the stay at home orders. This pandemic has affected many of us in one of two ways: we are either an essential worker or we are out of a
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Over on the Other Shore drops for Destination Bluegrass
Destination Bluegrass, a central North Carolina based band, just released their first single and title cut, Over on the Other Shore, from their forthcoming Gospel album. The hymn, written by the band’s fiddler, Randy Willard, features the Carolina native singing
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Denton songbird Caroline Owens gets an early start in bluegrass
Denton, NC, is not only the home of Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver’s Annual Bluegrass Festival. It is also home to many talented musicians and singers. One is Caroline Owens, 18, who practically came into the world singing. “I began humming around
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Uwharrie Drive shows the promise of bluegrass youth
Uwharrie Drive is a collaboration of five teenage musicians from central North Carolina, named for the National Forest that is prominent in the region. Individually, they have made great strides in playing acoustic music and now collectively, they are making