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Winds of Rowan County from Wyatt Ellis, with Peter Rowan
15-year-old mandolinist and songwriter Wyatt Ellis rang in 2025 with the release of Winds of Rowan County, a double-sided, limited-edition 45 RPM vinyl single, featuring Wyatt alongside music icon Peter Rowan. Like an instant classic, Winds of Rowan County sounds like you've heard it before. About halfway through the opening instrumental,
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Cambium – Full Cord
Michigan-based Full Cord has continually drawn audiences with their exciting blend of bluegrass alongside numerous other musical forms. Their third release, Cambium, from Dark Shadow Recording, not only demonstrates this further, but spotlights the band's lyrical originality as well. The opening track, Ghost of Good Times, gives the album a riveting start. Written by Glenn
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From The Side of the Road… flogging CDs from the stage in 2025
I've discussed the issue of CD sales here in the past. Disregard whatever I may have said before because there have been some important new developments on that front. Well, one, mainly: people really aren't buying the things. I'm exaggerating a little: a few people are buying them, which is why
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Jaelee Roberts covers LRB’s Looking For Yourself
Jaelee Roberts, the IBMA's 2024 Female Vocalist of the Year, has reached back to 1989 to cover one of Lonesome River Band's top-selling numbers, Looking For Yourself. As much as it pains those of us who remember that song (and album) from our youth, it is one ripe for a
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Ralph II to play the Opry in honor of Dr. Ralph’s induction
Ralph Stanley II & The Clinch Mountain Boys have been invited to perform at the Grand Ole Opry on January 17 at the Ryman Auditorium in honor of his father, Dr. Ralph Stanley's, distinction as the first Opry member to be inducted in the new millennium on January 15, 2000. It
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Stringdusters join with Music Masters for Picker’s Paradise
The Infamous Stringdusters have joined forces with the Music Masters Collective to offer their top fans a unique opportunity to study with them for four days at the Full Moon Resort in upstate New York. Billed as Picker's Paradise, running June 3-6, the event will offer music instruction from the members
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New book from Barbara Martin Stephens – The People and the Music
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Last of the Steam-Powered Trains from The Seldom Scene
Seldom Scene has announced the March 14 release of their next album, Remains To Be Scene, with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Remains To Be Scene marks the...
Arthur Hatfield Banjos shop burns to the ground
Popular Kentucky banjo builder and repairman Arthur Hatfield suffered the loss of his shop to fire on Saturday, January 10. A wooden musical instrument shop contains...
Buck White passes
Buck White, the mandolin and piano playing patriarch of country/bluegrass family group The Whites, died today at 8:00 a.m., Nashville time. He was 94 years...
Johnny Pennington passes
Johnny Pennington, 74, of China Grove, NC, passed away on December 27, 2024, after a long battle with cancer. He was the son of the...
Bear Creek Clay from Pitney Meyer
Pitney Meyer, the new bluegrass outfit consisting of Mo Pitney and John Meyer, has announced a new single, Bear Creek Clay, and pre-order availability for...
