Author: Sandy Hatley

The 52nd annual Ashe County Bluegrass and Old Time Fiddlers' Convention (held every July at Ashe County Park in Jefferson, NC) is in the books for 2023. The event is sponsored by the Ashe County Arts Council, which is committed

Caroline Owens' second single, No More Blue Moons in Kentucky, for Nashville’s Skyline Records, drops today. The twice-nominated IBMA Momentum Vocalist is joined on the song by the harmonies of Darin & Brooke Aldridge, who appear courtesy of Billy Blue Records.

Central North Carolina-based Last Hour Bluegrass has released He Guides My Way, their first single on the Morning Glory Music label.   Founded in May 2021, the young bluegrass gospel quartet consists of Caleb Munson on guitar and lead vocals, Bailey

Chad Day - photo © Laci Mack North Carolina's Deeper Shade of Blue has a new band member, Chad Day, joining the Pinecastle Records artists on banjo. Day replaces Steve Wilson who left to focus on his Wilson Banjo Company. His

David Harvey is Master Luthier at Gibson (head of the Gibson mandolin department), a musician/singer/songwriter, and a historian with a vast knowledge of the early history of Gibson instruments. The musical maestro continues to give educational, interactive, visual presentations. "It was born

Today (July 21), bluegrass fiddle virtuoso Bobby Hicks turns 90 years old. Last night, a birthday bash/jam was held in his honor at Zuma Coffee & Provisions in Marshall, NC, near his western North Carolina home. An overflowing crowd which

Wyatt Ellis at COHAB Space, July 7, 2023 - photo © G Nicholas Hancock COHAB is a new live music venue that has opened in High Point in central North Carolina. Bluegrass is part of their music offerings, along with blues

Scott Napier accepting a new Alvarez AD-60 from Todd Yates Scott Napier is doing it again…connecting a deserving youth with a new musical instrument. A couple months ago, he presented one of his young music students a guitar donated by one

Banjo and guitar player, Roby Carter Harris, lovingly known as R.C. by his friends, family, and the wider bluegrass community, passed away on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Harris, formerly of Mooresville, NC, was 83.  At age 11, R.C. began picking banjo

Bryan Osborne & the Ashe Mountain Boys at Grayson County 2023 - photo © G. Nicholas Hancock The 2023 Grayson County Old Time & Bluegrass Fiddlers' Convention was held this past weekend in Elk Creek, VA. Located in the southwestern part