Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mandolin prodigy Wyatt Ellis pairs with Marty Stuart for the new music video "Blue Smoke." - Credit: Laci Mack* Wyatt Ellis is ...

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GALAX, Va. — Wyatt Ellis will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 28, at the Blue Ridge Music Center’s amphitheater at milepost 213 on the Blue Ridge Parkway just south of Galax, Va., as part of the Deep ...

It was a homecoming of sorts from the opening moments of Morgan Wallen’s concert at Neyland Stadium on Sept. 20, as opening act Ernest welcomed to the stage an East Tennessee prodigy on mandolin.

Wyatt Ellis, a rising mandolin phenom at just 14, made his debut on the Grand Ole Opry stage in 2023. The Knoxville native (who now lives with his family in Maryville) has continued making a splash in ...

It’s a glass-half-full way of looking at the COVID-19 pandemic, but both 29-year-old bluegrass standout Sierra Hull and 11-year-old Blount County boy Wyatt Ellis agree: If it wasn’t for the virus, ...

This is a Christmas card, a record review, and an artist profile for the 2024 Big Ears Festival, all rolled into one. It’s also the story of a musical prodigy’s journey. And I’m going to give you the ...

MARYVILLE, Tenn. — When Wyatt Ellis, 11, first picked up a mandolin at nine years old, his journey got off to a rocky start. "I broke my arm twice," Ellis said. "The second time, I broke it playing ...

In the world of traditional bluegrass, the word “young” is very relative. In Wyatt Ellis’ case, we’re not talking about someone in their 20s or 30s playing old-time music. This is a kid who just got ...

Wyatt Ellis no longer gawks at the letterpress posters on venue walls harkening the arrival of a century of bluegrass maestros to the stages the 14-year-old mandolin prodigy plays. While seated at one ...