We often highlight JoCo’s many artisans on our blog and website; from moonshine makers to local potters to goat soap producers… but Johnston County is also home to some very talented writers. If you…
Continue Reading →
In this edition of the JoCo Has Talent blog series, I talked with artist and Johnston County native John Arthur Greene about his JoCo roots, his career, and where he is now. The first thing you…
Continue Reading →
Over the last 5-7 years, and mostly pre-pandemic, the visitors bureau worked to bring you a series of blogs called “JoCo Has Talent” which focused on telling the amazing stories of emerging artists…
Continue Reading →
You may have seen him on the ABC 11 nightly news last week, but JoCo local Nathan Wayne was also kind enough to sit down with us for an interview as well (over the phone for social distancing…
Continue Reading →
“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…
Continue Reading →
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…
Continue Reading →
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…
Continue Reading →
*Printed with permission from the Four Oaks Benson News in Review. By Mike Dart Four Oaks-Benson News in Review A South Johnston High School graduate hailing from Benson faces off with seven…
Continue Reading →
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…
Continue Reading →
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…
Continue Reading →
