Congratulations to Rachel and Brian Burge who welcomed their first child earlier this afternoon. Rachel is a bluegrass singer, songwriter, mandolinist and bandleader in West Virginia. Brooks Lee Burge was born at 3:35 p.m. (EDT). He came in at 9 lbs,
Frank Solivan's good year continued on Sunday when he took home 8 trophies at the Washington Area Music Association Awards ceremony at the State Theater in Falls Church, VA. Not only did Frank, and his trusty touring band, Dirty Kitchen,
Those of us who live in the bluegrass-rich areas of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky can easily lose track of the fact that a great many fans - and pickers - aren't always so lucky. In today's world, fans can
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced that event and hotel registration for the 2015 World of Bluegrass and Wide Open Bluegrass in Raleigh, NC will begin at the end of this month. Members of the IBMA can register for the
Twice before we have raved about recordings from Shannon and Heather Slaughter. The first was actually for Shannon's solo album, The Sideman Steps Out, on which she was prominently featured, and the second, One More Road, their first duet album
WAMU's Bluegrass Country has been in the news quite a bit of late, with programming and personnel changes taking effect in recent weeks. Here's one more change, unrelated to the large-scale ones announced in February. Jessica Stiles, whose Stiles of Bluegrass aired
Australia's Stetson Family were featured performers recently on BalconyTV, where they offered their song, Travelin' Man, for the viewers. Look for True North, the third album of original material from The Stetson Family - where no one is named Stetson -
Here's two new videos from the Hot Rize camp this week. First, an episode of Ask Dr. Banjo with banjo man Pete Wernick, where he talks about the band's adventure in New York City filming a video for A Cowboy's Life with
The folks at Country Summer, a major country music festival in Santa Rose, CA, have teamed with the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation to sponsor a band competition called the Fender Contender Challenge. Bands and individual artists will vie by video for a
Here's another live performance video from Ionia, the new album from Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys. The live vibe is an attestation to the fact that they cut all of the album live, in the town of Ionia in Michigan
