Miscellaneous bluegrass news

Congratulations to Brandy and Jonathan Bucker on the birth of their first child! Noah Henry Buckner was born on June 21 at 1:44 a.m. at Princeton Community Hospital in West Virginia. He weighed in at 8lbs 9oz, stretching out to 20.5''

UPDATE 5:41 p.m. - Joy has just told us that Jesse passed peacefully with her at his bedside at 3:58 p.m. today. We will publish a more detailed remembrance of this pioneer and founder in the bluegrass world soon. Very sad news

Sister Sadie had a unique opportunity recently to collaborate with Sing Me A Story, and a young girl named Victoria, to help raise money for her health care, and that of her little sister. Both girls suffer from a genetic defect

It's a rare one of us who doesn't remember our high school graduation, though some may recall the occasion with more fondness than others. Except for graduates who missed having a ceremony altogether during the COVID shutdowns, it's generally a

Benjamin Agnew, bassist with Ireland's Cup O'Joe, was married on April 30 to Nadia Petcoff in her native Argentina. The couple met through friends, 7,000 miles apart. They were introduced online, and quickly developed a relationship through a shared interest in

On Monday afternoon, the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum officially accepted the donation of Earl Scruggs' iconic Granada banjo into their permanent collection. This is the legendary banjo that Earl obtained in a swap with Don Reno in 1949,

On May 19, Rodney Dillard, the lone surviving original member of The Dillards, who introduced bluegrass music, Ozark style, to America on television in the 1960s as the Darling family on The Andy Griffith Show, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate

David Luttrell with Karl Smakula, who ended up with his stolen banjo Mississippi banjoist David Luttrell's original pre-war Gibson RB-00 banjo was stolen in 1981. After a 42 year search and a bit of luck, the two were recently reunited. "That was

Ryan Paisley, son of bluegrass icon Danny Paisley, and mandolinist in his dad's band, The Southern Grass, has just been appointed as Vice Mayor for the town where he lives, Clayton, DE. That's right, the 23 year old Ryan, the third

Readers so enjoyed our feature last week on Earl Scruggs' D-18 Martin guitar, that we thought we would post this report from Matthew Tessier and Alan W. Tompkins about Lester Flatt's earlier model D-18. It was recently published on the