Author: Sandy Hatley

When you think of American Idol, you don’t typically expect to see and hear bluegrass artists audition. This year on the show's 19th season, there are four such performers vying to be the next American Idol. One of those is

Brandon Bostic, well known bluegrass sideman, Station Inn bartender, and one half of The Darrell Brothers, says he is "ready to get back at it" after a devastating car crash in January 2020. The left handed picker reflected on the collision.

This just released project from Barry Abernathy of Appalachian Road Show is a must have for bluegrass music fans. Barry Abernathy and Friends is aptly titled. The album features a dream-team ensemble, hand-picked (no pun intended) by Abernathy himself. The core

Paraphrasing a Bill Monroe tune, "We'll make our vows to love each other, and we know we always will." Another happy union to report: bluegrass sweethearts, Carley Arrowood and Daniel Thrailkill, have announced their engagement. After five years of friendship that included

The bluegrass world gained two new little boys recently when two of The Hinson Girls gave birth nearly two weeks apart. Oldest sibling, Kristin Hinson Kunde and husband, Nate, celebrated the birth of their third child, Luke Cohen Kunde, on

The 41st Annual Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver Bluegrass Music Festival will return May 6-8 at the Denton FarmPark in central North Carolina. Due to the pandemic, last year's event was moved from May to September. This year it returns to

"I knew God was with me," affirmed Nashville based Gospel singer, Val Storey, describing her journey to recovery following a devastating motorcycle accident that left her with a broken back, among other serious injuries. It all started on Wednesday, August 5,

The Trailblazers, an up-and-coming young progressive bluegrass ensemble from North Carolina, has released their second album, Space and Time. The quartet has drawn national attention in the bluegrass community in recent years after winning IBMA's 2018 Momentum Band of the

Uwharrie Drive, a teenage bluegrass band from central North Carolina, has a new member. Malachi Freeman of Carthage, NC, joins the group on mandolin, replacing Ethan Davis.  Best known as fiddler, the sixteen year old took up the mandolin in 2020.  "I

During a time of year when we reflect and give thanks, there is much to be grateful for even in the midst of a pandemic. Tyler Jackson, 24 year old banjoist with NC-based bluegrass band Drive Time who suffered a