JCVB Blog Posts

The bureau staff and a host of local contributors write for our visitors and residents of JoCo, weekly blogs to promote what's happening in tourism around the county.

Category - JoCo Has Talent!

“I grew-up in Smithfield. My Dad and his brother owned Heavner-Wallace Implement Company – which started as a mule company a very long time ago. But I was always around farms and farmers in the…

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We teased it in our JoCo Has Talent Update and now here it is! The exclusive premiere of local Johnston County artist HeartMouth's new single Nothing at All . Plus, some behind-the-scenes footage of…

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Johnston County is full of talented people and we here at the JCVB have two blog series dedicated to the local artists that call JoCo home: Meet the Makers and JoCo Has Talent. This week, we’d like…

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Am I an artist? No, I think of myself as somewhat artistic, often creative, lover of photography, a crafty decorator, but I can’t call myself an artist. An artist is someone driven by the passion to…

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UPDATE: Since I spoke with her last, back in 2015, Rebekah Todd has been hard at work hustling her way to new music on a full-length studio album (her second). She has been meeting with people in the…

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I get to introduce a lot of artists on this blog - Johnston County artists with talent in music, painting, pottery, and other mediums. But it isn’t often I get to share with you “word” artists. Susan…

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In this JoCo Has Talent Blog I sit down with local artist Kaylin Roberson to discuss her message and her music... It's pretty hard to imagine having a life-altering experience at 9 years-old. At that…

~ As I move through the dim atmosphere of the bar I look around at the sparse crowd of early arrivals - it's barely 9:30PM - I know who I am looking for but not sure if I'll know when I find her. Some…

Getting to work with talented and truly gifted artists like Jonathan Levin, a native of Clayton, is just one of the greatest perks of this job. It's not very hard to write a few words in a blog or…

Johnston County has a young aspiring talent in 11-year old Abby Stephens from Benson...maybe she'll be the next Carrie Underwood or even Taylor Swift. Abby loves to perform country, Christian, classic…

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JCVB Blog Posts

Category - JoCo Has Talent!

Learn More About JoCo Native Emily Wallace and Her Delicious New Book

Behind-the-Scenes with HeartMouth, Plus New Music

JoCo Has Talent Update

Music and History Combine to Tell a Story

Rebekah Todd Brings the Hustle in New Album

Meet the Author with Susan Schild

Kaylin Roberson Talks About Her Message and Her Music

Rebekah Todd Talks Benson, Bands, and Being an Independent Artist

JoCo Has Talent - A Classical Jonathan Levin

JoCo Has Talent! - Young Abby Stephens

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