Little Roy & Lizzy Show welcomes new members
Little Roy and Lizzy are saying goodbye to one band mate, and hello to two more. Guitarist, Will Eller, is stepping down. John Gooding, brother to the Little Roy & Lizzy Show’s mandolinst, Josh Gooding, will be their new guitarist. Well-known and well-loved fiddler, Hunter Berry, is also officially joining their ensemble. Will Eller posted […]
Near miss for Hunter Berry in South Carolina
The world of touring musicians always looks a bit glamorous from the audience side of the stage, but when you get to know some of the artists who do it for a living, it becomes clear that it is a difficult life as well. The amount of travel they endure is taxing, not to mention [...] Cardboard In Her Shoes – Dave Yates
Dave Yates' 4-song EP, Cardboard In Her Shoes, has got East Tennessee written all over it. Of course Yates himself is on the faculty in the East Tennessee State University's bluegrass music program, and has plied his trade as a singer, songwriter and instrumentalist in the area for years. Fellow faculty members Adam Steffey and Hunter [...] Hunter Berry live in Hiltons
Bluegrass fans got an inside look at the recording process this past Sunday, November 24, when Hunter Berry gathered some of his closest and most talented friends at the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, Virginia to record a new, live album. Along with his bandmates in Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, his wife Sally, and [...] Hunter Berry to cut live album at Carter Fold
Hunter Berry, fiddle player and larger-than-life personality with Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, is set to record a live album on November 24, 2013 at The Carter Fold in Hiltons, VA. This special show will be staged at 3:00 p.m. (EST), billed as Hunter Berry & Friends featuring Rhonda Vincent & The Rage. This will be [...] Doyle Lawson at ETSU
There are not many music genres in which fans are able to consistently interact with their heroes face-to-face, and even less where stars and legends will willingly sit down and talk or play music with fans. Thankfully, bluegrass is one of those genres. It’s not uncommon for some of the most popular musicians to be [...] Echoes of the Blue Ridge and ACMA
Due in part to the pivotal town of Bristol, northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia have long been known as one of the locations where traditional country music was founded. Bristol, the location of the 1927 recording sessions which put The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, and others on the map, has been honored with the name [...] Rhonda turns ’em loose
WAMU's Bluegrass Country has posted a new video of Rhonda Vincent & The Rage tearing through a cool medley of instrumental bluegrass favorites when they performed on the Katy Daley Show on February 2. Rhonda featured each of her top shelf pickers in turn (Brent Burke on reso, Ben Helson on guitar, Hunter Berry on fiddle [...] 