Rebel Records has news this week about their sophomore effort from Mark Kuykendall, Bobby Hicks & Asheville Bluegrass, a vigorously traditional bluegrass outfit from western North Carolina that boasts contributions from a pair of highly seasoned veterans of the music. Fiddler
Asheville Bluegrass at Crossroads Studio: Nick Dauphinais, Mike Hunter, Bobby Hicks, Mark Kuykendall, Scott Barnett (engineer), and Seth Rhienhart We spoke earlier today with Mark Kuykendall, who along with Bobby Hicks, has been working in the studio on their next recording with
Here's one more gallery of Frank Baker's images from last weekend's Wide Open Bluegrass celebration in Raleigh.
Though western North Carolina has long been known as a hotbed of traditional music, much of the attention has focused on the old-time, mountain styles – ballad singers, string bands, and the like – found throughout the region’s hills and
Rebel Records has announced the signing of Mark Kuykendall, Bobby Hicks & Asheville Bluegrass, and the release of a debut single ahead of their CD dropping on November 6. Down Memory Lane is the title of the album, which Mark says he recorded
If it were magic, all of us fiddle players would be playing like bluegrass musician Bobby Hicks. But as he says… “fiddle playing is hard and it takes a long time to get good. You’ve got to listen… REALLY listen.” Today,
Darin & Brooke Aldridge have offered up a video tease from their upcoming Mountain Home album, Snapshots. It's their version of the Bill Monroe number, My Rose of Old Kentucky, with Bobby Hicks on fiddle. Radio programmers can download tracks from
Darin & Brooke Aldridge have offered up a sneak peek from their next recording, a driving version of the old time favorite, Get Up John, with cross tuned mandolin from studio guest, Sam Bush, in the Monroe style. Though no date
Just over a year ago since their debut at the IBMA Award Show at the Ryman Auditorium, The Masters of Bluegrass - Del McCoury, JD Crowe, Bobby Osborne, Bobby Hicks and Jerry McCoury - will be making their last appearance
The recipients of the North Carolina Heritage Award for 2014 have been announced, and legendary fiddler Bobby Hicks is among the honorees. A native of Newton, NC, Bobby started on the fiddle as a young boy, and won his first fiddle competition