• OBX fest cancelled for bad weather

    When Cory Hemilright launched his bluegrass festival on the Outer Banks of North Carolina a few years ago, everyone familiar with weather on these flimsy barrier islands in late summer wondered how long it would be before bad weather would

  • Big news from Outer Banks Bluegrass Fest

    The Outer Banks Bluegrass Festival has a wealth of amenities to brag about. I mean, an outdoor festival in October, in North Carolina's beautiful Outer Banks, with a stage backed up to the water... Throw in top talent and a Boomgrass fireworks

  • Cherryholmes Brothers band

    B.J. and Skip Cherryholmes have announced the members of their new band, which will bill as Cherryholmes Brothers. Skip will be on guitar, and B.J. on mandolin and fiddle. Joining them will be Gena Britt Tew on banjo, Jamie Harper on

  • Here come the Cherryholmes Brothers

    We posted earlier this month with word that Skip Cherryholmes, late of his family's blockbuster band, was on the hunt for a new gig. Well it appears that the family ties are still strong, and Skip has decided to form

  • Skip Cherryholmes checks in

    Skip Cherryholmes asked us to pass along this info about his immediate plans following the dissolution of the band. I've been asked many times by Cherryholmes fans "What are you going to do now?" Obviously I've taken a short break from the

  • Corporation Insania

    We wrote last month about the final live performance of Cherryholmes, the powerhouse family band that rocked the bluegrass scene this past few years. After 10 years of running the roads, and seeing the quartet of talented siblings grow into

  • Congratulations Skip and Stephanie

    Yesterday, two powerful bluegrass families were united by marriage. Skip Cherryholmes and Stephanie Dilling were married on Friday (May 27) in North Carolina. Skip was a member of Cherryholmes from the day they started to their final show earlier this month,

  • Cherryholmes: so long and farewell

    Cherryholmes has had quite a run of late. Over the past ten years, we've watched them go from a cute family bluegrass band of teen siblings, to a writing, touring and recording powerhouse of serious pickers and singers with their

  • Cherryholmes: so long and farewell

    Cherryholmes has had quite a run of late. Over the past ten years, we've watched them go from a cute family bluegrass band of teen siblings, to a writing, touring and recording powerhouse of serious pickers and singers with their