HCTC's Kentucky School of Bluegrass & Traditional Music

01/28/2025

KSBTM is now enrolling student for the spring semester for our Audio Recording classes... Sign up today !!

08/09/2024

02/06/2023

For more than half a century, the song “Rocky Top” has continued to live on in the hearts and minds of people across the state of Tennessee. However, many people aren’t familiar with the man behind the song.

01/13/2023

01/12/2023

Congratulations Bobby Osborne!

“One thing I greatly value is teaching at the Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music. Being with these students with such varied backgrounds, ages, and playing abilities is a treat. They truly appreciate the chance to learn and seeing their eagerness keeps me young,” noted Bobby Osborne, who was honored Tuesday with the National Award by Gov. Andy Beshear. See the full story:
https://hazard.kctcs.edu/news/2023/bobby-osborne-receives-award.aspx

12/02/2022

Please join us for the Fall 2022 KSBTM Ensemble Showcase on Monday, December 5 at the Leslie County Center. The show will be in the Osborne Brothers Auditorium beginning at 7:00 p.m. This is an opportunity for our Bluegrass and Traditional Music Program students to showcase their work for the semester. Hope to see you in Hyden Monday night!
Admission is free.

09/22/2022

It’s not too late to sign up for fall 2022. Come start your journey now.!

08/15/2022

HCTC's Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music would like thank all who helped make our benefit a success.
All of the funds donated during the Festival will go directly to helping flood victims.
Thank you all !

Osborne Brothers Festival Raises $56,000 for Flood Relief

The 29th Annual Osborne Brothers Hometown Festival was held last week in Hyden. Festival organizers were able to coordinate efforts between WYMT, WSGS and their own social media to broadcast the majority of the music live and turn the event into a benefit concert. The four-day event, hosted by Grand Ole Opry star and Leslie County native Bobby Osborne, raised $56,000 for the Foundation For Appalachian Kentucky’s Appalachian Crisis Fund. Between online donations, a raffle and donations from festival goers, the funds raised will go to aid Eastern Kentuckians affected by the historic floods that ravaged the region.

Dean Osborne, Festival Promoter, was thankful the Festival and sponsors had the opportunity to help. “It was amazing how quickly Hyden Citizens Bank, the Leslie County Fiscal Court, HCTC and all of our sponsors came together to redirect our event toward helping the flood victims.” He says that over the course of the weekend, dozens of musicians, volunteers and sponsors came together to make the event possible. “ Our event has always focused on helping the Leslie County Volunteer Fire Departments. These departments, along with many others spread across East Kentucky, were called on to be the first responders in this tragedy and were responsible for a lot of saved lives through rescues. We are once again reminded how much they do for our communities. We are grateful for the outpouring of donations and support to help everyone affected.”

Joel Brashear, the Chairman of the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky, hosted the broadcast. “Our Foundation has done a tremendous job of addressing this crisis and getting aid to those in need in a timely and efficient manner. The grant requests from individuals is in the thousands and we have just opened up applications for businesses, charitable organizations and farms. The FAKY staff have worked long hours to support our friends and neighbors in their time of need.”

For more information on how to give, log on to www.appalachianky.org.

07/25/2022

Hey Folks! Please join me tonight for a special Monday night edition of Deano's Bluegrass Show on WSGS, 101.1(also WSGS.com) at 7:00 PM .
My special guest will be John Meador of the great new Bluegrass group, Authentic Unlimited . John is a graduate of the Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music and will be a featured performer at the 29th Annual Osborne Bros. Hometown Festival, Friday, Aug.5 th 2022.
We will be playing song from 2 new album releases by Authentic Unlimited and talking about the Festival........
We may even give away a ticket or 2!!!!

05/04/2022

The 2022 Spring Ensemble Showcase was a huge hit on Monday night! Check out these pictures from the event!