Gary Scruggs, Grammy winner, songwriter, musician, and eldest son of the late Earl and Louise Scruggs, passed away on December 1, 2021. He was 72 years of age.
Gary Eugene Scruggs who was born on May 18, 1949, in Knoxville…
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Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver say farewell at Homecoming show
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver at the Wellmont Regional Center for the Performing Arts – photo by Elizabeth Snodgrass
Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver’s annual Christmas Homecoming show, and last home-based performance, was held Saturday, December 4, at Wellmont Regional Center for…
Read moreRhonda Vincent’s I Ain’t Been Nowhere video
Rhonda Vincent has an early Christmas present for us all, a hilarious video version of I Ain’t Been Nowhere from her current Music Is What I See album.
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Read moreLarry Sparks hits a home run at Bluegrass Christmas in the Smokies
Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers at the 2021 Bluegrass Christmas in the Smokies – photo © Bill Warren
Playing to a sold-out crowd in the Sevierville Convention Center, Larry Sparks and his band, The Lonesome Ramblers, stepped up to…
Read moreBlack Banjo Reclamation Project gets a boost from instrument builders
Dom Flemons teaches a recent banjo class hosted by the Black Banjo Reclamation
Project at the Old Time School of Folk Music in Chicago
Following several generations of African Americans running away from old time music and the banjo in…
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