Author: Sandy Hatley

Recovery Road Bluegrass Festival to benefit addiction recovery

What a winning combination: a bluegrass festival packed with loads of great entertainment set in a beautiful venue for a good…

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Camp Springs Bluegrass Festival 2021

Doyle Lawson at the 2021 Camp Springs Bluegrass Festival – photo by Gary Hatley Whether it was the night chill from…

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Jerry Salley and Billy Blue Records

Billy Blue Records in Nashville, TN, is fast becoming one of the premiere labels in bluegrass music. In just over three…

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Snuffy Smith – long time North Carolina picker retiring

Retirement is a goal for most people. Retirement from a lifetime of playing bluegrass music is rare. Retirement from performing 50…

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Craig Duncan – a bluegrass music businessman

Who is Craig Duncan? A member of the North American Fiddlers Hall of Fame, recipient of 2018 Dove Award’s Instrumental Album…

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Billy Troy’s battle with COVID – a close brush with mortality

“It’s been tough for all of us entertainers,” began Billy Troy, son of famed reso-guitarist, Josh Graves. The past year was…

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Charlie Cushman – Banjo Doctor is in

Is your five-string ailing? If so, contact the doctor. Charlie Cushman, banjoist with the Earls of Leicester and an Earl Scruggs…

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Hugh Moore – making music during the pandemic

Hugh Moore, an accomplished banjo picker from Raleigh, NC, learned how to utilize modern technology, to pick with friends, and share their…

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Louisa Branscomb takes Woodsong Farm Songwriter retreats to NC

Founded in 1989, Louisa Branscomb’s Georgia Woodsong Songwriter Retreat is likely the oldest continuous songwriter retreat in the genre, a distinction…

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Clyde Maness suffers broken leg – Maness Music Barn stage shuts down

Clyde Maness, proprietor of Maness Pottery and Music Barn in Carthage, NC, fell on June 30, breaking his leg (between hip…

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