University Press of Mississippi has announced the release of a new book by old time banjo master Bob Carlin, entitled My Memories of John Hartford. It's a memoir of the friendship between Carlin and the late John Hartford, one of the

South Carolina's Retro 78 has announced a new single this month, one written by fellow Palmetto State grasser Trey Ward, called A Man Who's Never Plowed. The band has been on something of a roll since winning the 2022 SPBGMA International

The story behind the making of Stuck, by Kentucky-based Fast Lane, is an interesting one. The group began recording this album in 2011. During that process the members of Fast Lane decided to go their separate directions, leaving the project unfinished for

Sierra Ferrell at The Riverside Theater in Milwaukee, WI - photo © Anthony Verkuilen Anthony Verkuilen caught up with Sierra Ferrell over the weekend when she and her band stopped at The Riverside Theater in Milwaukee. He shared these photos from

There's a tradition here of publishing at least one bluegrass haiku column per year. I've usually taken presidential election years off because even short-form poetry about leaves and clouds is controversial and divisive in these years ("Is that a reference

Nashville fiddler and vocalist Bronwyn Keith-Hynes has released a third single from her upcoming album with Sugar Petunia Records, I Built A World. After winning fiddle contests throughout the mid Atlantic region as a teen, Bronwyn debuted professionally as a

Waterfront jam at the 2024 Baltimore Old Time Music Festival - photo © Casey Vock This overview of the 2024 Baltimore Old Time Music Festival is a contribution from photojournalist and writer Casey Vock. More than 1,500 people from 26 different states

Mountain Fever Records has a new single for Summer Brooke, a sort of country/bluegrass mashup called I Know Better, written by Summer and her brother, Brayden McMahan. The bluegrass world watched Summer and Brayden grow up in their family band, Mountain

Doug McKelway and Frank Wakefield Doug McKelway is a good friend to Bluegrass Today, an experienced television newscaster, and a bluegrass banjo player. He was also a good friend to mandolin maestro Frank Wakefield, who died last week in New York.

Adam McIntosh pulls a classic from The Eagles in 1972 for his next single with Billy Blue Records, and it's a good'n. The guitarist and vocalist with Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers does a bang up job on this number,