Shayne Bartley, Junior Sisk, Elmer Burchett, and Tucker McCandless (2/23/24) - photo © Roger Black Friday night, February 23, saw a number of bluegrass music stars, family and friends come together in the Farmers Market in Mt. Vernon, Kentucky. The event
The Wayne Henderson Music Festival, a very popular performance and competition event in southwestern Virginia, has announced that this year's 30th annual festival will be the last. Wayne said that there are many reasons why this year's will be the last,
If you've been following the news recently, you probably already know that portions of the US will experience a total solar eclipse in April of 2024. All sorts of events have been scheduled for those in the path of totality,
The Allred Family at the 2023 Seagrove Fiddlers' Convention - photo © G. Nicholas Hancock Three long-running central North Carolina fiddlers' convention will return this spring with a number of improvements. This Saturday, on March 2, the 97th Annual Star Fiddlers' Convention
Billy Strings at the Explore Asheville Arena (2/17/24) - photo © Corey Johnson-Erday Corey Johnson-Erday with Tune Ridge Media was on hand for the Billy Strings show last Saturday in Asheville's ExploreAsheville.com Arena, and shared these terrific images from the show.
Photos of Elmer Burchett © Ted Lehmann Noted Kentucky banjo player and lifelong bluegrass sideman Elmer Burchett has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Bluegrass lovers know his work from touring and recording with Ronnie Bowman, Dale Ann Bradley, Don Rigsby, Gary Brewer,
Grand finale at the Jim and Marianne Robeson benefit concert (2/11/24) - photo © Jeromie Stephenson Jeromie Stephens made it out to the benefit concert in Rockville, MD over the weekend in support of Jim and Marianne Robeson. Several DC-area bluegrass
A very popular destination during last month's SPBGMA National Convention in Nashville was the Pluck It Music Brand Showcase, held in the Belmont Room of the Music City Sheraton hotel. The event featured six strong young bluegrass bands on the
Smoke Justis, a popular BBQ and bourbon restaurant in Covington, KY, will be the site for the debut Bonded Spirit Bluegrass Festival on March 2. This is a musical upgrade to an event held there the past two years in
Probably the most memorable session during the 2023 World of Bluegrass convention week was a tribute offered to celebrated bluegrass songwriter Randall Hylton who died at only 58 years of age in 2003. A Bluegrass Cardinals reunion was staged for
