Once upon a time there was a little boy living in a house on Vine Street in Springfield who listened intently as a couple of neighbor boys played their guitars. He was fascinated, so much so that he ...

Freeman Vines worked on guitars out of a workshop in Fountain, North Carolina. He spoke with WUNC on Dec. 4, 2024. A prominent guitar maker and blues musician from Pitt County has died. Freeman Vines ...

For nearly half a century, the North Carolina native has created instruments out of found wood—including some from a notorious hanging tree Ted Scheinman - Senior Editor Freeman Vines has spent almost ...

Freeman Vines, a North Carolina–based artist, guitar maker, and one-time blues musician, thought he’d seen it all: He’d worked for free on a white farm and served jail time for bootlegging. But about ...

A new exhibit has opened at the Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center introducing luthier Freeman Vine and the haunting guitars he carved from the wood of a “lynching tree” used in the murder of a Black ...

A new book and museum exhibition celebrate the work of North Carolina luthier Freeman Vines. His handmade guitars are crafted from found materials and hunks of old wood, including some from a tree ...

The creative process begins as soon as Freeman Vines touches the wood. "Nobody believes me. The wood actually lives. Each wood has an inner spirit, and if you listen you will find some magnificent ...

When you visit the Musical Instrument Museum’s new “Dragons and Vines” exhibit, you’ll be handed two helpful accessories. The first is a set of wi-fi headphones that will turn themselves on whenever ...

Freeman Vines may not be a well known name in the music world, but his work is finally being recognized. In September, the gorgeously illustrated book “Hanging Tree Guitars,” published by Bitter ...