Author: Bill Warren

Maggie and Gary Bilby are inducted into the SE Michigan Hall of Honor in 2017 - photo © Bill Warren Michigan lost one of it’s finest bluegrass musicians and people on Friday, November 30th when Maggie Bilby lost her battle with cancer.

Paul Williams joins Joe Mullins at the November 2018 SOIMF - photo © Bill Warren This past weekend saw what Tammy Mullins told me was the 29th edition of the March and November Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival, held in the

Rebekah Long at the 2018 World Of Bluegrass (9/25/18) - photo © Bill Warren The Candidpix.info camera wandered around the various venues after a morning of business conference meetings. First stop was the keynote address, where both Board Chairman Joe Mullins

Danny Paisley, Lorraine Jordan, and Junior Sisk at the True Grass Benefit (9/24/18) - photo © Bill Warren Monday night kicked off IBMA’s World of Bluegrass with the True Grass Benefit for the Bluegrass Trust Fund. The event was hosted by

Friday at the Nothin’ Fancy Festival opened with the unique humor and top notch musicianship of the Moron Brothers. A number of the audience members were seeing these guys for the first time. It is fun watching first-timers react! Junior

Nothin' Fancy at the Nothin' Fancy Bluegrass Festival - photo © Bill Warren Thursday at the 2018 Nothin’ Fancy Festival was another warm one. But that didn’t slow down festival managers and hosts Robyn and Willie Wines. They each always have a

Nothin’ Fancy is hosting their 18th annual festival at Glen Maury Park in Buena Vista, Virginia. Wednesday started as it always does – with a great potluck dinner. The food was wonderful. This old photographer ate way to much! Mike Andes,

Highland Travelers at the Kentuckians of Michigan (9/15/18) - photo © Bill Warren This past weekend was the opening of the winter bluegrass series presented by the Kentuckians of Michigan, who recently held their 58th annual picnic. This weekend marked something

The Coachmen at the Huron Valley Eagles - photo © Bill Warren This past Saturday the Huron Valley Eagles in Flat Rock, Michigan opened the 31st season of bluegrass music in this storied venue. The season opened with Roy Cobb and

Eight years ago an idea became a reality in Blissfield, Michigan. The Blissfield Downtown Development Authority presented Blissfield Bluegrass on the River for the first six years. The Southeast Michigan Bluegrass Music Association accepted the challenge of managing and operating