Last month we shared the news that Tim White, sign painter, radio host, and MC of PBS television series Song of the Mountains, was about to embark on another ambitious project. To wit, a large hand-painted mural of The Easter
Miscellaneous bluegrass news
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Stephen Burwell engaged to Haley Rhea
Veteran fiddler, Stephen Burwell, is the latest professional bluegrass musician to announce his engagement. The Texas native will be marrying Haley Rhea of Sevierville, TN. Burwell, known for his time as a member of Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, and more recently
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Ricky Skaggs finally gets his high school diploma
Bluegrass icon Ricky Skaggs reached a major milestone last year that he has just shared with the public. Last year, Ricky participated in the virtual graduation ceremony for his school, Lawrence County High School in Louisa, KY, along with Larry Cordle,
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Another bluegrass proposal – Katie Springer and Austin Koerner
Two North Carolina musicians, Katie Springer, fiddler with Sweet Potato Pie and Drive Time, and Austin Koerner, mandolinist with Drive Time, have been making beautiful music together in a band, now they are going to do it in life. The
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Medical fund established for Josh Shilling and family
Josh Shilling, Mountain Heart lead singer and popular Nashville bluegrass songwriter, was involved in a serious accident in mid-March when he, his wife, Aleah, and their oldest daughter, were thrown from an ATV while on vacation. Fortunately, Bella Kate, aged
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King Records facility gets financial support for ongoing restoration
King Records, the iconic Cincinnati label that produced several celebrated and legendary musicians from the 1940s into the early 1970s (including first-generation bluegrass acts Jimmy Martin and Bobby Osborne; Reno & Smiley; The Stanley Brothers ; Moore & Napier; the
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Welcome Wesley Dauphinais!
Nick Dauphinais, guitarist with The Larry Stephenson Band, and his lovely wife Maegan, are celebrating the birth of their second child. Wesley Nicholas Dauphinais was born on March 18 at Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC. He came in at 7lbs 6oz, stretching
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Welcome Emeree Boone!
There is great rejoicing in bluegrass circles here in southwestern Virginia today. There is a new bluegrass baby, where both parents are not only bluegrass people, they perform together in the same band! Troy and Carolyne VanLierop Boone are celebrating the
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Frank Solivan returns to leatherwork during shutdown
When we are a decade or so down the road from the great COVID scare of 2020, you are likely to find musicians and artists of every type when they congregate, talking about what they did during that time to
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Another attempt to revive the former Gibson factory in Kalamazoo
There is another plan afoot in Kalamazoo, MI to revamp the property that once housed the Gibson factory, including a new hotel, museum, gym, and more on the site where Gibson operated from 1917 to 1984. A similar plan announced