Author: Richard Thompson

Jim Nunally talks to Bluegrass Today

Jim Nunally, a San Francisco Bay Area native, has enjoyed a varied musical journey, not only as a musician, but as…

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Gospel Choices #6 – Wayne Rice

Caricature of Wayne Rice by JP’s Custom Caricature Here’s the fifth contribution of a periodical feature, where we ask bluegrass personalities…

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Russell Johnson and the UNC Carolina Bluegrass Band

Last summer (2016) the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Music Department hired Russell Johnson, the well-known bluegrass singer, songwriter…

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Bill Monroe for Sale

These four words, somewhat extreme in black and white, have been met with gasps of alarm and incredulity, and much sadness…

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The Stanley Brothers 1957 vintage at Valley View Park

Until now, there has never been an album of Stanley Brothers live recordings specifically devoted to material from their 1957 shows…

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Bill Clifton health update

Since reporting last week that bluegrass legend Bill Clifton had been hospitalized in Bristol, TN, we have received another update from…

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25th Anniversary Graves Mountain Festival of Music this weekend

Graves Mountain has been the site of a mountain resort since 1964, but the history of the Graves family’s association with…

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Bill Clifton hospitalized [updated]

Tineke Marburg, Bill Clifton’s wife, reports that he is in the ICU in Bristol Regional Medical Center in Tennessee, to where…

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Having a Coffee with ……………. Josh Harris

This is fun series in which we ask bluegrass music personalities, some famous, some not so famous, about some of their…

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Groundbreaking for the Monroe Museum

As previously reported, ground-breaking for the Bill Monroe Museum to be erected on land at a site in the Everett Park…

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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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