Author: Nicholas Hancock

Daniel Smith at the 2026 Highfalls Fiddlers' Convention - photo © G. Nicholas Hancock Here's a gallery of images taken by Nick Hancock at last weekend's Highfalls Fiddlers' Convention at North Moore High School in Robbins, NC. 

Tennessee Bluegrass Band at Lorraine's Coffee House (12/12/25) - photo © G. Nicholas Hancock Lorraine Jordan, owner and operator of Lorraine's Coffee House & Music in Garner, NC, selected the Tennessee Bluegrass Band to close out this 2025 season of live

Dear MariBella & The Pigkickers, a young sibling band out of Hampstead, NC, have a new original single released last week. Sin Eater is a somewhat haunting, but up-tempo bluegrass ballad that tells the plight of a poor, marginalized individual in

Denim & Plaid on the Youth Stage at IBMA Bluegrass Live! 2025 - photo © G. Nicholas Hancock The 2025 edition of the International Bluegrass Music Association's (IBMA) Youth Stage and Kids on Bluegrass (KOB) programs, held in Chattanooga, TN for

Two years ago in July 2023, Elliot King, at age 11, attended a Billy Strings performance at the Koka Booth Amphitheater in Cary, NC. Elliot is 13 today, and a budding lead guitarist who takes lessons from Zeb Snyder, guitar

Tom Hyatt, Daniel Schronce, and Greg Blake at the E.H. Montgomery General Storein Gold Hill, NC - photo © G Nicholas Hancock On Sunday evening, August 3, a unique bluegrass music event occurred at the E.H. Montgomery Store in the small

Slate Mountain Ramblers at the 2025 Nunn Brothers Bluegrass Festival - photo © G Nicholas Hancock The Nunn Brothers Bluegrass Music Festival celebrated its 24th anniversary July 24-27, 2025, nestled between hills in the small community of Woodville, NC, located east

Decorative sign at the 2025 Abingdon Fiddlers' Convention – photo © G Nicholas Hancock Nick Hancock has also shared these photos from last weekend's Abingdon Fiddlers' Convention, held at the Washington County Fairgrounds in Abingdon, VA. Thanks Nick! default

Yates Family, 1st place Adult Old-time Band at the 2025 AbingdonFiddlers' Convention – photo © G Nicholas Hancock The summer heat did not deter 22 bluegrass and old-time bands, and 143 individual contestants, from attending the 4th annual Abingdon Fiddlers' Convention

Rarely do I hear a new recording in any genre that contains a vocalist that makes me go, "Whoa! Where did that come from? Who is this person?" A new album titled On Forgotten Paths by Dear MariBella and the Pigkickers