JAM Kids share stages at IBMA Bluegrass Live! 2023

Oscar Caudill with Falling Timber at IBMA Bluegrass Live! – photo © G. Nicholas Hancock


The Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) program was well represented last weekend during the IBMA Bluegrass Live! street festival in downtown Raleigh, NC. JAM executive director Brett Morris said 50 JAM kids in eight bands came from various parts of North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and South Carolina to perform on the various IBMA stages.

Here is a gallery G. Nicholas Hancock shot of the JAM bands.

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Nicholas Hancock

Nicholas Hancock is a former newspaper writer and editor who also played rhythm guitar in The Bluegrass Gentlemen from 1968 through mid-1974. Today, he is retired and enjoying his hobby of photographing bluegrass and other music events.