Author: Richard Thompson

Vern Young passes

Vern Young, who enjoyed a long career in country and bluegrass music, passed away on June 14, 2019. He was 95…

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Luke Thompson passes

Luke Thompson, bluegrass musician, bandleader, instrument builder and MC, passed away on June 12, 2019, in a Zachary Manor Nursing &…

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The Niall Toner Band to release Myles Walter Keogh

News of new music from Niall Toner always raises expectations; what historic characters, events or creative stories has he woven into…

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Young Uns – Mackenzie Bell

Being raised in Rosine, Kentucky, perhaps means one has a pre-ordained musical direction. Sometimes.  Certainly, 13-year-old traditional bluegrass and classic country…

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Travers Chandler and the Lonesome Truck Driver

Bluegrass music’s own truck-driving man, Travers Chandler, is working on a new album of recordings and shared a video teaser to…

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50th Anniversary Labor Day Bluegrass Festival at Camp Springs

Last Fall we shared news that there is to be a bluegrass festival at the famous old Camp Springs site where…

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West Virginia bridge to be renamed Hazel Dickens Memorial Bridge

The locally known Montcalm Bridge, carrying County Route 11 over the Bluestone River in Mercer County, West Virginia, is to be…

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Bill Monroe’s Sons of Bluegrass at Mountains of Music Homecoming

It’s 23 years since Bill Monroe passed away, and over the years since there have been a few Blue Grass Boy…

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Tom Adler on Bill Monroe and Bean Blossom

In 2011 Bean Blossom historian Thomas A. Adler gave a presentation at the International Country Music Conference in Nashville, during which…

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The Story Behind the Song – Black Flowers

Songs about coal mining have been a part of folk music from the time when major commercial production began in earnest…

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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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