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We have written in the past about Kate Lee, a talented young singer, fiddler and songwriter from New York. Kate has just now turned 16 and continues to impress audiences throughout the northeastern US and beyond with her poise and

We just heard back from James Alan Shelton, guitarist and road manager with Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, about the accident we reported last night involving band members Nathan Stanley and Dewey Brown Here is his report... A speeding drunk

Penny Parsons passed along this word about one of the legends from the early days of bluegrass music. Penny is a bluegrass writer and photographer who currently manages the performance career of Curly Seckler. Jody Rainwater (a.k.a Chuck Johnson), who spent

Nancy Cardwell spent a few days last month at the annual Silver Dollar City's Bluegrass & Barbecue Festival in Branson, MO and sent along this detailed report. Nancy is Special Projects Coordinator for IBMA in Nashville and also works extensively

Our friend Lilly Pavlak wrote from Switzerland to share news of the passing of Waldemar Matu?°ka, a popular Czech country and bluegrass artist. Living in the US at the time of his death, Matu?°ka was a musical hero in the

We received a note from Emily Epley, Executive Director of Destination Cleveland County, with an update on the Earl Scruggs Center, a museum program currently in development to commemorate the music of Earl Scruggs near his childhood home in Shelby,

We have written in the past about Kate Lee, a talented young singer, fiddler and songwriter from New York. Kate has just now turned 16 and continues to impress audiences throughout the northeastern US and beyond with her poise and

Bluegrass Country's Katy Daly sent along this report from The Bluegrass Train, which ran on Thursday just ahead of the big DelFest event this weekend. "DelFest starts today but we had a good size crowd gather in Cumberland yesterday (Thursday, May

This past Friday, Special Consensus spent the day in Nashville doing radio spots and celebrating the release of their latest CD. Fearless leader Greg Cahill sent along this report. The Station Inn in Nashville was the site for The Special C

Here's a fun story we just received from Kevin Triplett, Vice President of Public Affairs at the famed Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, TN. Kevin is also a bluegrasser, and an IBMA member, who snuck a couple of bluegrass boys