John McEuen - photo © Alan Messer Acclaimed multi-instrumentalist John McEuen, he of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Will The Circle Be Unbroken fame, is laying aside his banjo, fiddle, and guitar for the better part of his upcoming album, The
Author: John Lawless
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Wish I Was A Railroad Train from Thomas Cassell
Mountain Fever Records has released a new single from Thomas Cassell, a young Nashville bluegrass artist, songwriter, and instrumentalist who is finishing up his second album for the label, The Never Ending Years. This latest is a thoughtful one he wrote
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Gene Elders passes
Celebrated fiddler Gene Elders died last Wednesday afternoon, March 20 at 66 years of age. No cause of death has been shared. Though Gene spent most of his career with country artist George Strait, joining his Ace in the Hole band
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2024 induction ceremony at the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame
Eric Ellis, Jens Kruger, and Marc Pruett at the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame - photo © Becky Johnson On Saturday, March 23, the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame celebrated the induction of new members Wade Mainer, Marc Pruett,
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Make Hay While the Moon Shines from Rebecca Frazier
Singer, songwriter, and feisty flatpicker Rebecca Frazier is up with a new single this week, supported by a raft of Nashville super pickers. It's a new song she wrote with Bob Minner and Jon Weisberger carrying the intriguing title, Make Hay While
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Two new singles from Daniel Grindstaff
Banjo man Daniel Grindstaff has occupied a lot of space on our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay chart of late. His instrumental, Finnland, is making its second run, and his previous single, Forever Young, sung by Paul Brewster and Dolly Parton,
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Spring Is In The Air Again video from Lindley Creek
Pinecastle Records has a new video this week for Missouri family band Lindley Creek, and their uplifting current single, Spring Is In The Air Again. Perfect for the fresh blooms and warm breezes wafting about much of the US this time
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County Sales announces imminent closure
County Sales, the venerable mail order retail music outlet located in Floyd, VA, has announced that they will be closing for good on April 30. Since 1965, County Sales has offered recorded bluegrass and old time music, starting primarily on vinyl
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Lazy John from Hillary Klug’s Dancing Fiddler
Hillary Klug, also known as the Dancing Fiddler, has been quietly making a name for herself over the past several years online. By quietly, I mean outside the traditional channels for achieving notoriety in music, as the volume of her
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Let All the Girls Know You’re a Cowboy video from Kody Norris
Rebel Records has released a new music video for The Kody Norris Show, who have rocketed to the top of the bluegrass world this past two years on the strength of their original songs, hard core bluegrass recordings, and energetic