Darren Nicholson

Darren Nicholson is starting out his post-Balsam Range career in style with a strong new single, one he wrote with Charles Humphrey III of Songs From The Road Band, called Arkansas Without You. This song exemplifies everything that is good about

Perhaps the most difficult thing to do in the music world is keeping a successful band full of creative artists, singers, and songwriters together, especially as their prominence allows the individual members to consider striking out on their own. We've

Darren Nicholson Band at the 3rd annual Steve Sutton Memorial Benefit - photo by Wayne Ebinger Through the efforts of Darren Nicholson, mandolinist with Balsam Range, and Bill Byerly of Whitewater Bluegrass Company, a third annual memorial benefit concert in honor

Don't worry. No one will look askance if you read this headline and say, "The who's?" The No Joke Jimmy's are a new special project band in Nashville, formed by a couple of former touring pros and a handful of current

Darren Nicholson is a lot more than the smiling mando man you see on stage with Balsam Range. Though that is quite a lot in itself, as he also contributes mightily to the group's vocal sound. With his own Darren Nicholson

We wrote on Monday about the disastrous flooding in middle Tennessee, and the efforts of locals, including bluegrass artist Daryl Mosley, to raise funds to assist those left homeless from substantial rainfall on August 21. Another set of storms caused serious

Mountain Home Music has a new single this week from their star-studded Bluegrass at the Crossroads album. This project brings together pickers and singers from a number of Mountain Home acts in a band scramble sort of setting, where we

Darren Nicholson, Balsam Range mandolinist, vocalist and songwriter, will be featured this evening in a solo livestream performance from White Horse Live in Black Mountain, NC. Since COVID-19 shutdowns have restricted the ability on venues and nightspots to open, White Horse

Friends of North Carolina banjoist Steve Sutton held their 2nd annual Memorial Concert for him last month, to raise money for both local and national charities. Sutton passed away unexpectedly in May of 2017, and left a big hole in the

Darren Nicholson, mandolinist and vocalist with Balsam Range, has released a pair of singles in advance of an upcoming full-length solo project. Long known for his outsized personality and sense of humor, in addition to his demonstrated musical abilities, Darren introduces