Author: John Curtis Goad

Monroe Mandolin Camp launches Wo-MON scholarship

The Monroe Mandolin Camp has announced today the creation of the “Wo-MON Scholarship,” a full scholarship to the camp open to…

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Bill Monroe Museum groundbreaking May 22

Rosine, Kentucky will soon be home to a museum honoring native son Bill Monroe. A groundbreaking ceremony for the project has…

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Welcome Maddox Cruby

Another bluegrass baby! Matthew Cruby, banjo player with Steve Gulley and New Pinnacle, and his wife Melinda, welcomed a new member…

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Stanley Brothers ineligible for Country Music Hall of Fame in ’17

Every year around this time, rumors and wishes start flying through the country music industry. Who will be the current year’s…

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The Bluegrass Music Heritage of Southwestern Ohio

We often think of bluegrass music as an old genre, even though it “officially” didn’t begin until the mid-1940s. However, we’re…

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Made To Move – Chris Jones & the Night Drivers

My favorite term to use when I’m talking about Chris Jones & the Night Drivers is “classy-grass.” The group’s music is…

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Special Merit Grammy Awards for Jimmie Rodgers and Ralph Peer

Jimmie Rodgers and Ralph Peer with their wives, and Jimmie’s daughter Anita, circa 1930 – Country Music Hall of Fame and…

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Song Of The Mountains to be Virginia’s official TV series

While there are several current television shows featuring live bluegrass music, including Bluegrass Underground and a number of programs on RFD-TV,…

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The return of Hee Haw to network TV?

Four or five decades ago, bluegrass and country music could be found on television almost every night of the week. From…

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Go see J.D. Crowe’s Banger at IBMM

One of the most famous instruments in the history of bluegrass music is, arguably, the “Banger,” the 1929 Gibson Mastertone played…

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#1 Bluegrass Music Charts

Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music

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