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Zach Top and Billy Strings on Don’t Cheat in Our Hometown
Two of the hottest bluegrass artists in the world right now, Zach Top, currently burning up the country charts with his debut album, Cold Beer & Country Music, and Billy Strings, the first bandleader who has figured out how to take acoustic bluegrass music to a mass audience, have teamed
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Carter Lester to Seth Mulder & Midnight Run
Seth Mulder has announced the final piece of the puzzle as he rebuilds his powerful touring band, Midnight Run, in the person of banjo player Carter Lester who has just joined the group. Only 19 years of age, Carter comes from western Virginia, and plays both guitar and banjo. A current
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Granite Mills from AKUS, with Russell Moore singing lead
Excitement continues to build as the second single off the highly-anticipated Arcadia album from Alison Krauss and Union Station, set to drop March 28 on Down The Road Records, has officially arrived. This is the very first track to feature Russell Moore, who joined up this year as the newest
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Brittany Haas wins Eisenson Family Prize for American Roots Music
Fiddler Brittany Haas, currently a member of Hawktail, Punch Brothers, and Crooked Still, has been awarded the 2025 Eisenson Family Prize for American Roots Music from the Berklee College of Music in Boston. The award comes from an endowed fund named in honor of former Berklee trustee Michael Eisenson to
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Welcome Aiden Keyes!
Melody Williamson Keyes, fiddler and vocalist with Williamson Branch, and her husband Geoff, are celebrating the birth of their first child. That makes him also the first grandchild for Kevin and Debbie Williamson, leaders of the family band. Aiden William David Keyes was born on February 21, weighing in at 7 lb
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Red Bandana from Laura Orshaw with Slocan Ramblers
Laura Orshaw with Slocan Ramblers and producer Stephen Mougin Fiddler and vocalist Laura Orshaw may have left The Po' Ramblin' Boys, but she hasn't left her bluegrass music behind. A second project with Dark Shadow Recording is in the works, with a debut single to share early this year. It's her version
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Legendary Briarhoppers honored by South Carolina legislature
The current, and the original, WBT Briarhoppers In this, the 91st year of their continuous operation, The Legendary Briarhoppers have been recognized for this extraordinary achievement...
Ain’t Coming Back from Carolina Bluegrass Style
Carolina Bluegrass Style - photo © Dressler Photography Carolina Bluegrass Style comes from 'round about Columbia, SC, and got started the way so many bluegrass bands...
World of Bluegrass showcase applications due tomorrow
The International Bluegrass Music Association is accepting applications through tomorrow (February 28) for bands who wish to be considered for official showcase performance slots during...
Albert County Gallows from Lydia Hamby
Rising bluegrass singer and songwriter Lydia Hamby has a new single to share this month, a new murder ballad she wrote called Albert County Gallows. Lydia...
Steve Cooley Banjo and Bluegrass Music Scholarship introduced at Morehead State
Steve Cooley with Béla Fleck - photo courtesy Ashbourne Farms Morehead State University in Kentucky has announced the receipt of a $95,000 donation earmarked for a...
Ralph’s Banjo Special from Kristin Scott Benson, Gena Britt, and Alison Brown
Compass Records is preparing an 80th Anniversary Stanley Brothers Tribute project for 2025, and are releasing a debut single this week to tempt the palate....
