Bluegrass music lost one of its foremost champions Friday when former DJ Dennis Jones died at a hospital in Shelby, N.C., after fighting sepsis for days. He was 62. Dennis was the longtime host of Goin’ Across the Mountain on WNCW
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Bluegrass From The Bluegrass on Willie Country
Bluegrass lovers in south central Kentucky have a new outlet for hearing new music on the radio. WillieCountry, simulcasting in Bowling Green, Jackson, and Murray, KY, as well as Union City, TN, is now airing a local show called Bluegrass From
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Wheeling Jamboree remembers Mac Wiseman
The Wheeling Jamboree will celebrate its 86th birthday next month with a show dedicated to the memory of its one-time director, and two-time Hall of Famer, Mac Wiseman, who died last month. The April 6 show will feature Marty Stuart, Mac’s
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Ivy Sheppard Show comes to Bluegrass Country
Back in the 1960s, people used to refer to James Brown as the "hardest working man in show business." He earned that moniker for his high energy stage performance, with dance moves that would wear a normal man out in
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Pert Near Sandstone launches Road to Blue Ox podcast
Pert Near Sandstone has launched a new podcast, Road To Blue Ox, to help promote and prepare people for their annual festival in their native Wisconsin. The alt-grass quintet hosts the Blue Ox Music Festival each June, inviting many of the
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Steve Gulley to WDVX
Radio listeners in east Tennessee who have enjoyed Steve Gulley's tenure as a broadcaster at WCXZ/WLMU were surprised just before Christmas when a change in budgetary priorities at Lincoln Memorial University resulted in the whole station being shut down. Steve not only
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Grass Talk Radio podcast publishes 100th episode
Grass Talk Radio with Bradley Laird recently published their 100th episode, quite a milestone in today's volatile podcasting environment. That comes to almost two years of work from Laird and his weekly, online show. What started as an advice program for
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Top 30 bluegrass songs of 2018
Here it is folks... The Top 30 bluegrass songs as reflected by radio play over the course of 2018. This chart was compiled by combining results from our 52 Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay chart reports over the year. How did your favorite
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Cindy Baucom – 35 years in bluegrass broadcasting
April 14, 2018, marked the 35th anniversary of bluegrass radio personality Cindy Baucom’s first day “on-air,” in a radio career that has developed exponentially during that period of time. Now she is one of the most easily recognized voices in
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Carol Beaugard in touring cast for Fiddler on the Roof
In the "where are they now" department, we check in today with a longtime member of the bluegrass community, Carol Beaugard, who served for nearly 30 years as the host of Lonesome Pine RFD on WFDU, broadcast from the campus