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For many years folks in western North Carolina have tuned their radio dial to WNCW on Saturdays for Goin' Across The Mountain, an all-day bluegrass show that runs from 11:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. These days, public radio station all

Dennis Jones, MC at the 2011 Darin & Brooke Aldridge Bluegrass Festival in Cherryville, NC - photo © Ted Lehmann Folks in western North Carolina know Dennis Jones as a bluegrass radio personality at WNCW in Spindale. His popular Goin' Across

Popular bluegrass radio host and personality Dennis Jones has been hospitalized near his home in North Carolina. Serving as a regular host on WNCW's Gospel Truth and Goin' Across The Mountain broadcasts each week, he has developed a loyal fan

Although we certainly have stars in bluegrass music, there’s really more of a feeling of community – shared between fans, musicians (professional and amateur alike), and other folks within the industry – that many other musical genres do not enjoy.

Darin and Brooke Aldridge have a new CD due to hit November 20 on Mountain Home Music. The title, Live at Red, White and Bluegrass! pretty much gives the game away. It was recorded this past summer at the RW&BG festival Morganton,

Goin' Across The Mountain, which airs Saturdays on North Carolina's WNCW, will air a radio rebroadcast of the 2012 IBMA Awards Show this afternoon (10/20) from noon to 2:00 p.m. (EDT). This is an edited-for-time version of the live show recorded

We had a nice chat last Saturday afternoon with Daniel and Carolyn Routh of Nu-Blu during Fan Fest in Nashville. They talked about their new short-form Gospel CD, Nail by Nail, due from Pinecastle on October 30, the debut single, Martha

Thanks to Dennis Jones at WNCW for these photos of the Del McCoury Band this past Friday at the Mountain Song Festival in North Carolina.  

The Del McCoury Band will be stopping in the WNCW studio on Friday morning (9/7) to chat with Dennis Jones a pick a few on their way to the Mountain Song Festival in Brevard. NC. They are scheduled to be on

Dr. Tom Bibey, author of The Mandolin Case, passed away on Sunday following a lengthy struggle with cancer. He was a prolific writer on things bluegrass, with his own web site, Stories of the Bluegrass Music Road. He had also been a