Celebrated fiddler Gene Elders died last Wednesday afternoon, March 20 at 66 years of age. No cause of death has been shared. Though Gene spent most of his career with country artist George Strait, joining his Ace in the Hole band
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Lazy John from Hillary Klug’s Dancing Fiddler
Hillary Klug, also known as the Dancing Fiddler, has been quietly making a name for herself over the past several years online. By quietly, I mean outside the traditional channels for achieving notoriety in music, as the volume of her
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Mike Hartgrove purchases Bauc’s fiddle
Mike Hartgrove, fiddler with the Lonesome River Band, is proud of his latest instrument acquisition. "I have some really exciting news! I bought Terry Baucom’s fiddle! The fiddle that he played with Charlie Moore, and also with the original Doyle Lawson
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California Report – Fiddler Mikki Feeney on contests and more
Willow California fiddler, Mikki Feeney is no stranger to the Northern California camp and jam scene. I first came across Mikki wandering the grounds of the California Bluegrass Association Spring Campout at the Lodi Grape Festival Fairgrounds. This year the
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CMH releases classic Benny Martin album in digital form
CMH Records has made a digital version of another of their classic bluegrass recordings available online, this time an LP from almost 50 years ago from Benny Martin, one of the largest personalities in bluegrass and country music. It's his Turkey
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Ranelle Dietrich of The Arizona Wildflowers to make her Opry debut
15 year old Ranelle Dietrich, mandolinist with her family band, Arizona Wildflowers, has plans for the best 16th birthday party a young bluegrass musician could imagine. She is scheduled to make her Grand Ole Opry debut that day, August 31
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Welcome Lydia Burwell!
Stephen Burwell, fiddler with Authentic Unlimited, is celebrating more than just a new single this week. He and his wife, Haley, are overjoyed to welcome their first child, a baby girl named Lydia. Lydia Marie Burwell was born on January 18
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Relief fund launched for Glen Duncan
A medical relief fund has been created at gofundme for popular Nashville fiddler Glen Duncan. Just a month ago he suffered a stroke while driving, and has been hospitalized at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he has shown remarkable progress,
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Will You Ever Be Mine hits from Bronwyn Keith-Hynes
Fiddle sensation Bronwyn Keith-Hynes takes another step in her new push to be recognized as a vocalist as well with the second single from her upcoming solo project, Will You Ever Be Mine. As a teen Bronwyn lit up fiddle competitions
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Shelby Eicher to Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame
Among the 2024 inductees into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame is Tulsa fiddler Shelby Eicher, who had dedicated his professional career to country, bluegrass, and swing music. Like so many top traditional musicians, Shelby grew up in a musical family,