Cia Cherryholmes and Stetson Adkisson cemented their ongoing musical partnership last weekend. The pair was married in a small private ceremony May 20 in Nashville. Cia's grandfather, the Rev. Gene Cherryholmes, and Stetson's as well, the Rev. Grant Adkisson, officiated jointly. The wedding
Jerry Douglas, the reigning superstar of the resonator slide guitar, has released a video trailer to introduce his upcoming album, Traveler, due June 26 on eOne Music (formerly Koch Records). As long time fans are well aware, Jerry cut his musical teeth
Doc Watson's surgery last night has been described as successful, and we are told that Watson came through it well. Sources tell us that his entire colon was removed, and that Doc is resting as comfortably as can be expected after
We have learned that Doc Watson is scheduled to undergo extensive surgery this evening at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. He was admitted there this morning after his health failed while in another hospital recovering from a fall. This procedure is
Here is the final gallery of images from Frank Baker, shot on Sunday, the final day of last weekend's 2012 Spring Gettysburg Bluegrass festival. You can see the other three galleries here. Big thanks to Frank not only for shooting for
Steep Canyon Rangers have released their first scripted music video, for the song Long Shot from their recent Nobody Knows You album. The new video is being hosted by CMT.com, and is included in the weekly voting at CMT's Pure 12-Pack
We have learned that legendary guitarist and folk singer Doc Watson is hospitalized in Winston-Salem, NC. He is 89 years old. According to two close friends of Watson's, Doc fell on Monday and was taken to a regional hospital near his
Tom Adler, author of Bean Blossom, last year's University of Illinois Press history of Bill Monroe's bluegrass festivals and the Brown County Jamboree, is featured in a new Q&A on the U of I web site. The subject of the interview
Steve Martin just dropped us a line to let everyone know that he is setting aside discounted tickets for IBMA members on his upcoming string of dates with Steep Canyon Rangers. It has been remarked that ticket prices at the performing
In the midst of the announcement about World of Bluegrass moving to Raleigh in 2013, we didn't get to mention two new hires announced by IBMA last week. Katherine Coe has been brought in as Administrative/Media Assistant. This position, revised for
