Campers began rolling in early Wednesday morning in anticipation of the bluegrass festival held annually at the Denton FarmPark. Wednesday night an open mic was offered on stage where seven bands performed while numerous jam sessions cranked up throughout the campground. “It’s the 39th year that I’ve hosted the festival, and I know of no [...]
As we move into the official holiday season, we also enter the end of the bluegrass touring season. Though many acts will continue to perform through the month of December right up to New Years, many others begin to slow down heading in Christmas. And so this is often a time when we learn about [...]
Katy caught up with Doyle Lawson a couple of weeks ago at the Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival to talk about one of his most prized possessions, an old mandolin that once belonged to Ira Louvin. He doesn't normally travel with this museum piece, but brought it along for this interview where he shares the story [...]
Doyle Lawson at the 2018 Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver festival - photo by Laura Tate Photography Here is the first of several galleries of photos taken by Laura Ridge at last weekend's Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver bluegrass festival at the Denton Farm Park in Denton, NC. There is always a ton of great music, fine [...]
Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition has been awarded the Jack Spadaro Documentary Award from the Appalachian Studies Association for the best documentary media project of 2017. The two-disc set is an effort by the Great Smoky Mountains Association in support of their management of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It contains 32 traditional folks songs [...]
Like many of us, Rhonda Vincent was deeply moved by Ernie Thacker’s poignant video disclosing that a widespread infection would take his life, and seeking donations to help pay for his funeral and medical expenses. But while just about everybody else was still wiping away tears and digesting the awful news, Rhonda was on the [...]
The Great Smoky Mountains Association created quite a stir with their 2016 album, On Top Of Old Smoky - New Old-Time Smoky Mountain Music. A collection of new recordings of classic mountain folk songs by prominent acoustic artists, the album won a number of awards and has served to help finance the work of the [...]
After a hall of fame career, recognition from the National Endowment for the Arts, more IBMA awards than one guy can carry, two Grammy nominations, and credit for launching more bluegrass careers than you can count on two hands, Doyle Lawson doesn’t have a single thing to prove to anyone. Apparently, though, Doyle never got [...]
Doyle Lawson has spent a lot of time playing bluegrass. From performing with Jimmy Martin as a teen, and J.D. Crowe as a young man, through an 8 year stint with The Country Gentlemen, and his now 38 year run leading his own group, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, this is a man who knows what [...]
Campers began rolling in early Wednesday morning in anticipation of the bluegrass festival held annually at the Denton FarmPark. Wednesday night an open mic was offered on stage where seven bands performed while numerous jam sessions cranked up throughout the campground. “It’s the 39th year that I’ve hosted the festival, and I know of no [...] 
As we move into the official holiday season, we also enter the end of the bluegrass touring season. Though many acts will continue to perform through the month of December right up to New Years, many others begin to slow down heading in Christmas. And so this is often a time when we learn about [...] 
Katy caught up with Doyle Lawson a couple of weeks ago at the Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival to talk about one of his most prized possessions, an old mandolin that once belonged to Ira Louvin. He doesn't normally travel with this museum piece, but brought it along for this interview where he shares the story [...] 
Here are the rest of the images that Laura Ridge shot last weekend at Denton Farm Park during the 2018 Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver bluegrass festival. 
Doyle Lawson at the 2018 Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver festival - photo by Laura Tate Photography Here is the first of several galleries of photos taken by Laura Ridge at last weekend's Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver bluegrass festival at the Denton Farm Park in Denton, NC. There is always a ton of great music, fine [...] 
Big Bend Killing: The Appalachian Ballad Tradition has been awarded the Jack Spadaro Documentary Award from the Appalachian Studies Association for the best documentary media project of 2017. The two-disc set is an effort by the Great Smoky Mountains Association in support of their management of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It contains 32 traditional folks songs [...] 
Like many of us, Rhonda Vincent was deeply moved by Ernie Thacker’s poignant video disclosing that a widespread infection would take his life, and seeking donations to help pay for his funeral and medical expenses. But while just about everybody else was still wiping away tears and digesting the awful news, Rhonda was on the [...] 
The Great Smoky Mountains Association created quite a stir with their 2016 album, On Top Of Old Smoky - New Old-Time Smoky Mountain Music. A collection of new recordings of classic mountain folk songs by prominent acoustic artists, the album won a number of awards and has served to help finance the work of the [...] 
After a hall of fame career, recognition from the National Endowment for the Arts, more IBMA awards than one guy can carry, two Grammy nominations, and credit for launching more bluegrass careers than you can count on two hands, Doyle Lawson doesn’t have a single thing to prove to anyone. Apparently, though, Doyle never got [...] 