• Joe Dobbs passes

    Old time music lovers in the Charleston/Huntington, WV region are mourning the loss of Joe Dobbs, a prominent fiddler, radio host, businessman, and music personality who had made St. Albans his home some years ago. Dobbs passed away on Monday

  • Cold Icy Mountain from Matt Kinman

    Old time artist Matt Kinman has released this homespun video of him performing Cold Icy Mountain, one of the songs included on his upcoming album with Moses Nelligan, Travelin' Songs. Kinman is a lifelong musician, though he had spent much of

  • Sue Cunningham passes

    Susan E. Cunningham, noted as a fiddler and festival organizer in the bluegrass world, and as a rocket scientist in the world of aeronautical engineering, died earlier this month at 57. She had been fighting against lung cancer this past

  • Jerusalem Ridge video from the O’Connors

    Mark and Maggie O'Connor have released a second video from their upcoming Duo CD, Mark's arrangement of the classic Bill Monroe tune, Jerusalem Ridge. This is one that bluegrass fans know well, though Mark refers to it in his notes as Jerusalem’s

  • Ethan Jodziewicz & Tatiana Hargreaves

    We've commented many times here at Bluegrass Today about the new trends in acoustic string music brought about by its recent acceptance as a course of study in higher education. Not only does this mean that promising young musicians in

  • Checking in with Jim VanCleve

    Fiddle phenom Jim VanCleve asked us to share this message regarding his musical plans post Mountain Heart. Since the public disclosure of my departure from Mountain Heart last week, I've had a whole bunch of folks ask what my plans were.