• Dick Freeland passes

    Charles R. Freeland, known in the bluegrass world as Dick, passed away yesterday morning, August 14. Along with Bill Carroll and Sonny Compton, Dick founded Rebel Records in 1959. The label has become an institution in bluegrass music, though Bill's involvement

  • The Roys sign with Buddy Lee

    The Roys are expecting big things from their upcoming CD, The View, and are laying the groundwork to take advantage of any opportunities that may come their way. To introduce it to the bluegrass audience, they will perform the full album

  • We Were Kings from G2

    Sweden's G2 has released a music video for We Were Kings, which will be the first single from their upcoming Mind Over Matter CD. The guys are very excited about the CD, as it is their first to have been recorded

  • Béla & Abby CD in October

    Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn: husband and wife, parents, musicians, touring partners, and now studio duet collaborators. Rounder Records has announced today that they will release their first, and eponymous, album October 7. There will also be a second duo tour

  • 2014 Dove nominations

    The International Bluegrass Music Association wasn't the only organization in Nashville announcing major awards nominations yesterday. The Gospel Music Association also hosted a press conference to releases the nominees for their 45th Annual Dove Awards. Doves are distributed among various sectors

  • 2014 IBMA Award nominees

    The nominees for the 2014 International Bluegrass Music Awards have been announced this evening in Nashville. Awards will be presented on October 2 at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh, NC. Awards Show tickets are available online. Here are the nominees and recipients

  • North Florida Folk Music

    The History Press has released North Florida Folk Music - History & Tradition, by Ron Johnson, which traces the early and more modern history of the music from parts of the Sunshine State that have more in common with Alabama

  • Shotgun Holler to Lonesome Day

    Talk about moving fast! Kentucky mandolinist Shawn Brock was inspired in February to start a new bluegrass band. Now in August he's got the band, Shotgun Holler, and a record label contract with Lonesome Day Records. Of course it helps that he's

  • Lonesome and Then Some… Larry Sparks

    When did you first hear the music of Larry Sparks? That seems like a good question to ponder as we consider his latest album, Lonesome and Then Some... A Classic 50th Celebration. For me it was 40 years ago, sometime in 1974