Miscellaneous bluegrass news

Cody Farrar, guitarist, lead vocalist, and primary songwriter with Breaking Grass, and his wife, Amanda, are celebrating the birth of their first child. Denver Rose Farrar was born in Tupelo, MS on November 24 at 9:21. p.m. She arrived almost four

Nate Burie, former mandolinist with Special Consensus, and his wife, Rachel, are celebrating the birth of their first child. Alistair John Burie made a surprise appearance on November 22 at 3:30 a.m. more than two months early. His birth weight was

David Harvey presents Doyle Lawson with a Bill Monroe Hall of Fame Gibson F5 - photo by Styx Hicks When Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver played their final show at Nashville's Station Inn on November 27, David Harvey with Gibson Mandolins was

Jason Moore - photo by Deb Miller/ B Chord Photography Following the unexpected passing of Jason Moore, veteran bluegrass performer and bassist with Sideline, family and friends have established a pair of funds to assist his family with final expenses. As some of

BanjoLit, the banjo accessory company in the Czech Republic, has put together a gift package for holiday shoppers that will benefit students in the ETSU Bluegrass, Country & Old Time Music program. The package includes a BanjoLit T-shirt, sticker, and Musician's

Ben and Cassie Wright (11/13/21) - Chelsea Paige Photography Ben Wright of Henhouse Prowlers and Cassie Brooks of Fox Crossing Stringband were married on November 13 in Beaufort, SC. The couple met at the Naperville Bluegrass Festival in 2014. Ben was attending

Brian Paul Swenk, a veteran of both the performance and artist representation sides of the bluegrass music world, has reopened his boutique shop, Rockwood Booking Agency. For many years Brian was the banjo player with Big Daddy Love, an alternative, jamgrass

We've noted in the past how the immense popularity of bluegrass guitarist and singer, Billy Strings, within the wider pop culture, is having a real influence on young people becoming interested in the music. And he just demonstrated that in a large

Photo of Matt Munsey © Angela Richardson-Newman, Littlerocker Photography Tomorrow is a very special day for Matthew Munsey, founder and mandolinist/guitarist with Monroeville, a popular bluegrass group in east Tennessee. And like most who do spectacular things, he swears it's no

Here's an important notice for collectors of antique banjos. 28 instruments from the collection of Kaspar Herde will be auctioned on Friday, November 12 in Hamburg, Germany. These are all fine tenor banjos from the 1930s, including instruments made by prominent