Slovak banjoist Richard Cifersky will be visiting the US again later this month. He will serve as a staff instructor during Acoustic Music Week at Lincoln Memorial University, and perform with east Kentucky's Velvet Blue while he's over. Richard plans to be in the States
Planet Bluegrass will mark the 41st edition of their Telluride Bluegrass Festival this summer with a limited edition, collector's coffee table book. Telluride Bluegrass Festival: 40 Years of Festivation is a hardbound, 216 page volume filled with high resolution photographs, essays
As part of this past weekend's European World of Bluegrass convention in Voorthuizen, The Netherlands, a new top European Bluegrass Band for 2014 has been chosen. Dunderhead, a group from Sweden, took first place honors this year in the band competition.
John Bowman, one of the five founding members of bluegrass supergroup The Boxcars, has announced that he is leaving the band. Over the past few years, Bowman has been increasingly focusing his energy towards preaching and singing in churches, often
Have you checked this week's Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay Chart? We see some changes at the top this week. Dailey & Vincent's version of Back To Hancock County has snagged the #1 spot away from Ashley Lewis, and both Detour and
We've posted twice recently about James King's health issues of late, and while a complete recovery is expected, it appears that he may need some time to get his strength back following gall bladder surgery and treatment for liver problems. King remains hospitalized
Hard core traditionalists, The Bluegrass Brothers, have released a new single from Generations, their upcoming Mountain Fever album. The song is Memories Of My Childhood, written by Danny Lamm, and sung by Donald Dowdy, who plays mandolin with the group. The original brothers
Our friend D.A. Calloway, entertainment manager with Silver Dollar City, shared some information about the winners of their KSMU Youth In Bluegrass Band Contest, held annually during the park's big Bluegrass & BBQ festival. The festival is unique in that it
Rural Rhythm Christian has announced a July 22 release for a new Gospel project from Steve Gulley, entitled Family, Friends & Fellowship. It contains a number of Steve's compositions, along with classic songs from writers like Ronny Hinson, Hank Williams, G.T. Speer,
Balsam Range has offered this clever video to introduce the opening track of their upcoming album, Five. It shows the band's work on the song Moon Over Memphis, starting with them working up an arrangement in the studio, through to them tracking
