Miscellaneous bluegrass news

Karen Cannon has painted a new tribute to our beloved Father. The painting is titled Salute!, and honors both Bill Monroe and the mandolin he used to create the bluegrass music we know and love. Karen has painted Bill Monroe and

Late last month, the city of Sparta, TN honored another of their hometown heroes during their annual Lester Flatt Celebration on May 23. Sparta likes to call itself Bluegrass USA, being as they raised up a number of music legends including

Here's another update on the ongoing campaign to petition the US Postal Service to honor Bill Monroe with his very own postage stamp - and we have some very encouraging news! People and organizations all over the US have been circulating

The International Bluegrass Music Association reminds its membership that June 30 is the deadline for nominations for Special IBMA Awards. These are the "behind the scenes" honors that are distributed during the afternoon prior to the gala evening awards show

Do we have a new budding fashion icon in our midst? I wonder how many bluegrass fans recognize the popular picker and singer in these striking photos. Give up? It's Cia Cherryholmes with a look notably different from her work attire

There was another bluegrass wedding in Tennessee last month. Guitar gunslinger Clay Hess, currently working with Sierra Hull & Highway 111, married Samantha West on May 22 in Gatlinburg. They were engaged in mid-February and are living now in Ohio. Congratulations and

If you'd like to train yourself to tune your instrument by ear, your iPhone can help. Stanton Studio, LLC has recently released a new iPhone App called ToneTune for just this purpose. With over 60 unique tunings for an impressive list

We received an encouraging update from Christy Stocks about her dad, Ray Deaton's, condition. "He was released from the hospital today and is feeling much better.  They were able to drain all the fluid off his lungs and heart.  I was

Earlier this month, there was a real bluegrass wedding in Nashville. Andy Hall, resonator guitarist with The Infamous Stringdusters, married Janice Young, agent with Keith Case and Associates. Their wedding was held on May 9 at Riverwood Mansion in Nashville, TN

We just received a distressing note from Christy Stocks, daughter of Ray Deaton, a founding member of IIIrd Tyme Out, currently performing with The Anita Fisher Band. "My name is Christy and Ray Deaton is my father. I thought his friends