Jeanette Williams

Here's one more gallery of Frank Baker's images from last weekend's Wide Open Bluegrass celebration in Raleigh.

Award-winning songwriter Louisa Branscomb and her non-profit, Front Porch Productions, will host the first Southport Songwriter Festival this weekend in the coastal town of Southport, NC. But unlike many similar events, this one isn't centrally located, but spread across a number

Sevier County is a unique spot in East Tennessee. The cities of Sevierville, Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg - each well under 10,000 in population - exist almost solely as tourist destinations. Think of a beach town without the beach -

Singer-songwriter Jeanette Williams has launched a fund-raising appeal to help underwrite the cost of her upcoming EP. The award-winning singer is using Indiegogo and is trying to raise $5,320. In return, she’s offering rewards ranging from a thank-you email for $1

Jeanette Williams has long been a favorite of the folks who attend the annual convention of the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America. She has thrice won their Female Vocalist of the Year award in the Traditional category,

David Morris caught up yesterday with Johnny & Jeanette Williams here at World of Bluegrass in Raleigh.  

On This Day …………… On August 28, 1965, Jeannette Williams, nee Finney, was born in Eden, North Carolina. The lead vocalist, bass player and award-winning songwriter began her singing career in 1989, when she joined a local country music band performing at

Somewhere around the second or third trip through the buffet line, even the best-tasting dishes start losing their appeal. Too much, even of the good stuff, is, well, too much. I couldn’t shake that feeling while listening to the Daughters of

Louisa Branscomb didn’t, as Stephen Foster might have put it, come from Alabama with a banjo on her knee. She couldn’t. Girls didn’t play banjo. “I heard that a million times when I was girl,” Louisa told me the other night.

One of the best parts about IBMA’s World of Bluegrass conference is you never know who you’ll meet around the next corner, or who will show up playing in a throw-together band. Two years ago, I dropped by an after-hours showcase