Wilkesboro, NC -- Old Wilkes, Inc. and The Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame (BRMHoF) confirm that tickets are still available for the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony scheduled for Friday June 13 at 8:00pm at The Walker Center located on the campus of Wilkes Community College. The Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame was created in 2006 to recognize and honor musicians and others who have contributed to the special heritage of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Tickets are $25 and may be obtained by calling The Walker Center at 336-838-6260 or by website www.walkercenteronline.org. ...

Earlier this year Old Wilkes, Inc. and The Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame (BRMHoF) committee announced the initial induction of several prominent musicians from the Blue Ridge region.
The charter inductees to be honored at the first annual Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony, to be held at the Walker Center on the [...]

Lansing, NC -- The hot new group, the Dixie Bee-Liners are scheduled to headline this year's Ola Belle Reed Homecoming Festival to be held August 15-17 in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains at Lansing, North Carolina. The Dixie Bee-Liners recently held the #1 slot on the Roots Music Report for 9 straight weeks and are candidates for nomination for 6 IBMA bluegrass music awards. Their latest release, Ripe has been receiving rave reviews so guests this year at the Ola Belle Reed Homecoming Festival should be in for a real treat. ...

Wilkesboro, NC -- Old Wilkes, Inc. and The Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame (BRMHoF) committee announced earlier this year that Earl Scruggs will be one of the charter inductees to be honored at the first annual Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony to be held at the Walker Center on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro on Friday, June 13, 2008. ...

Wilkesboro, NC -- Old Wilkes, Inc. and The Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame (BRMHoF) committee announced today that Mike Cross will be serving as host and emcee for the first annual Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony to be held at the Walker Center on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro on Friday, June 13, 2008. ...

Wilkesboro, NC -- The Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame (BRMHoF) will hold its first induction ceremony at the Walker Center at Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro on Friday, June 13, 2008, BRMHoF chair Art Menius announced. He spoke, along with Old Wilkes, Inc. Executive Director Jennifer Furr and R.G. Absher, chair of Old Wilkes, at the annual Wilkes Heritage Festival at the Wilkes Heritage Museum on Saturday, June 9. The Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame will be housed on the second floor of the Wilkes Heritage Museum in the restored old Wilkes Courthouse in downtown Wilkesboro. ...

When I was in college at South Plains College studying bluegrass music, a new record would often create a stir among the students. One of those records was Wyatt Rice’s Santa Cruz. That album introduced me to the soulful singing of Junior Sisk. He quickly became one of my favorite singers and I began looking [...]