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
Former Blue Grass Boy banjoist, Bill Simpson, 90, of Oakboro, NC, passed away on September 18, 2024. In a 2017 interview, the multi-instrumentalist shared with me his history in music. "At twelve years old, my Uncle Jim taught me to play
Danny Paisley at the Camp Springs Labor Day Bluegrass Festival - photo © Laura Tate Photography Returning for the sixth time since its restoration, Camp Springs Labor Day Bluegrass Festival and its promoters, Cody and Donna Johnson, are celebrating a successful
Bluegrass musicians and festival promoters, Allen Dyer and Lorraine Jordan, have added two more festivals, the North Carolina State Bluegrass Festival and the McDowell County Country Round Up (both held in Marion) to their portfolio. The pair recently announced the
The iconic Camp Springs Labor Day Festival at Blue Grass Park is slated to return this weekend, August 30-September 1. Carlton Haney started North Carolina's first multi-day bluegrass festival on this rural site in the northwestern part of the state
