What happens if you take the sort of Hatfield and McCoys dinner theater show from Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, TN and move it to the upper midwest? Well, in the hands of David Fee, former proprietor of The Comedy Barn, Hatfield
Miscellaneous bluegrass news
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Hillary Klug and Evan Winsor celebrate their 1st anniversary
In talking recently with buck dancing fiddler Hillary Klug about her upcoming album (more on that soon), it came up that people didn't believe that she was married, as we hadn't published anything about it at Bluegrass Today. Well, she and
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Russ Carson in the pink after hand surgery
No... that's not a stigmata on Russ Carson's right hand. The crackerjack banjo picker with Ricky Skaggs is just off a full month of banjo rest following carpal tunnel surgery. This inflammatory disorder has afflicted a number of banjo players. It
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Fundraiser for Billy Redden, Duelin’ Banjos banjo boy
During the summer of 1972, a movie called Deliverance shook things up in the United States. The film itself, and its intensely negative portrayal of residents of the Appalachian region of northern Georgia offered a view of mountain folk that
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Mandolin Store raffle to benefit Glen Duncan
The Mandolin Store in Lebanon, OH, among the most celebrated and dedicated retailers of mandolin family instruments in the world, is hosting a special raffle this month with proceeds to benefit noted bluegrass fiddler and songwriter Glen Duncan, who is
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Welcome Faye Ziesing!
Sally and Matthew Ziesing, professional musicians who have individually and collectively performed with notables such as Rhonda Vincent, Little Roy & Lizzy, and the US Navy Band Country Current, announce the birth of their baby girl, Faye Monroe Ziesing, born
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Welcome James Fowlkes
Sarah Church Fowlkes, one half of the twin sister singing duo, The Church Sisters, and her husband Jonathon Fowlkes, are celebrating the birth of their first child. James Ryland Fowlkes was born on January 24 at 4:19 a.m. at Virginia Baptist
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Nechville Banjo move to Oregon nearly complete
Tom Nechville has announced this week that manufacturing for his Nechville Musical Products company in Minnesota is set to shutter at the end of this month, with all building and operations moving to his new home in Sisters, OR. A facility
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Darrell Webb announces NoraBelle Studio in Tennessee
Lifelong grasser Darrell Webb, familiar to bluegrass lovers from his current gig with Appalachian Road Show, as well as earlier work with Lonesome River Band and Rhonda Vincent, as well as his own solo career, has announced the official grand
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Maddie Dalton suffers knee injury at SPBGMA
Maddie Dalton, bass player with Sister Sadie, suffered an injury this past Saturday in the lobby of the Music City Sheraton hotel during the SPBGMA convention in Nashville. She was at SPBGMA to be a presenter with her bandmates on the