Author: Sandy Hatley

The Danville, VA-based group, Shelton & Williams, has released A Time for Every Season, their first release on Turnberry Records. The trio is comprised of the husband and wife team of Johnny and Jeanette Williams, and their bluegrass buddy, Jay

Nu-Blu, headed by Siler City, NC-based couple, Daniel and Carolyn Routh, is celebrating 20 years in the music industry with their first release for Nashville's Turnberry Records, Where You've Been. The project is deeply personal and narrative-driven. It encapsulates experiences,

Thursday night, October 17, the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame inducted six new members in a special ceremony held in the Charles Mack Citizen Center in Mooresville, NC. Two of the inductees (Bobby Hicks and Tommy Faile), presented posthumously,

This week offers two concerts raising funds to assist with the relief efforts for western North Carolina flood victims. Caroline Owens will perform in Lumberton on Thursday night, and a host of artists including Alex Key, Wayne Henderson, and Johnny

Special tribute band performs for Buddy Michaels at the 2024 Granite Quarry Fiddlers' Convention The 58th Granite Quarry Fiddlers' Convention, held near Rockwell, NC, featured an evening of bluegrass music and memories last Saturday night. The convention, which is a direct

Since 1970, during their annual October fiddlers' convention, the Granite Quarry Civitan Club in central North Carolina has honored individuals who have made significant contributions in the promotion and preservation of traditional old-time and bluegrass music. This year's honoree is Buddy

Zak McLamb, Jeanette Williams, and Wyatt Harman at the 2024 bass workshop - photo © Sandy Hatley "Normally, you don’t have three bass players at one time, but each of our styles will be demonstrated," began Wyatt Harmon, upright bassist from

Exhibit Hall jam with Rhonda Vincent at World of Bluegrass '24 - photo © David Morris It may be IBMA's last year in Raleigh, but things are definitely not slowing down. The floor of the exhibit hall inside the Convention Center

Stephen Mougin, Dede Wyland, and Dan Boner at World of Bluegrass 2024 - photo © Sandy Hatley The Thursday afternoon IBMA session description read, "Bluegrass vocals are a subject that all too often doesn't get the attention that it deserves in

Songwriters Showcase at Lorraine's Coffeehouse (9/25/24) - photo © Bill Warren Lorraine Jordan, the Lady of Tradition, for the third consecutive year, capitalized on the talent in Raleigh for IBMA to invite a group of leading songwriters in the bluegrass genre