Miscellaneous bluegrass news

Elderly Instruments in Lansing, MI, a long time supporter of bluegrass and acoustic music, was named America's Top Small Business at the US Chamber of Commerce's first ever Small Business Summit in Washington, DC on October 19. A full service music

Congratulations to Ellen Petersen Haygood, banjo player and vocalist with The Petersens, and her husband Michael Haygood of The Haywoods, on the birth of their first child. Both mom and dad perform with their family bands in Branson, MO. Macy Katherine

Jerry Stuart at the 2023 Granite Quarry Fiddlers' Convention - photo © G. Nicholas Hancock Jerry Stuart, 85-year-old mandolinist from Siler City, NC, was honored at the 57th annual Granite Quarry Fiddlers’ Convention Saturday evening near Rockwell, NC. Each year this

Thursday evening, October 5, a large crowd gathered at the Main Street Mini-Park in the western North Carolina town of Cherryville for the dedication of a mural of hometown celebrities, Darin & Brooke Aldridge. The ceremony was followed by a

Dalton and Allison Harper are celebrating the birth of their third child, and first son. Dalton Harper is a veteran bluegrass artist who has recently launched his solo career with Skyline Records. Hayze Holden Harper was born on October 3 at

Many congratulations to Jasper Lorentzen, bass player with The Po' Ramblin' Boys, and his wife, Sofia, on the birth of their third child. Ruby Janice Lorentzen was born at home on September 15, coming in at 8 lbs, 14 oz, and

Jeremy Chapman, mandolinist with The Chapmans and co-owner of The Acoustic Shoppe in Springfield, MO, has been selected to participate in Goldman Sachs' 2023 Small Businesses National Cohort. One of 170 entrepreneurs nationwide chosen, Chapman will engage in highly specialized training

Rick Faris has had quite a run in bluegrass music. Still a fairly young man, he has gone from playing in his family's band as a teen, to touring the world with Special Consensus, to being a successful solo recording

Last night in Nashville, during the Crandall Creek performance at the Station Inn, Madeline "Maddie" Murray was awarded the inaugural $5,000 Steve Gulley Memorial Scholarship, to be given each year to a notable young bluegrass artist in honor of one

Last month was a joyous one for the Grascals family, as two members of the band, guitarist/vocalist John Bryan and fiddler Jamie Harper, welcomed new baby boys! Jackson Oliver Bryan came first, born to John and Ashlynn Bryan on July 5