Two of the most popular musical families in Branson were united this past Saturday when Ellen Petersen and Michael Haygood were married at the First Baptist Church of Branson. Ellen plays banjo and sings with her family's bluegrass band, The Petersens,
These days musicologists and cultural historians seem to be in agreement that what we know today as bluegrass and old time music has its roots in the mixing of the folk music of immigrants from the British Isles, with that
The first bluegrass baby of 2020! Kyle Clerkin, banjo player with The Caleb Daugherty Band, and his wife Katie, are celebrating the arrival of their second child. Ian William Clerkin was born at King’s Daughters’ Hospital in Madison, Indiana at 6:43
Cory Piatt, mandolinist with Mountain Faith and Kenny & Amanda Smith, and his wife, Jett, welcomed their first-born child just before Christmas. Alice Mariah Piatt was born in Nashville on December 23, weighing in at 7 lbs, 13 oz. In addition to
After 30 years of successful touring in the United States and Canada, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out have announced their first ever overseas performance coming up early in 2020. The band will be heading to Prague in the Czech Republic
Let me take you on a trip. A trip to Guthrie, to Byron Berline’s Double Stop Fiddle Shop, which burned February 23, 2019. The devastation hit the fiddle community with full force, much like an F5 tornado, leaving everything in
Still looking for a last-minute gift for that bluegrass lover on your list? Jonathan Carroll with KY Grass Life may have just what you need. The Kentucky-based artist has created a number of clever t-shirt designs that will proudly show the
Jamie Deering, daughter of founders Greg and Janet Deering, has been announced as the new CEO of Deering Banjos. The company, located in Spring Valley, CA, is the largest manufacturer of banjos in the United States, starting out as a small
Here’s a further contribution of an occasional feature, where we ask bluegrass personalities to choose their top five Gospel songs. This week we hear from Bob Amos who has a particular love for the songs on an early 1970s Ralph
We wrote not long ago about SonoTone, the small batch, boutique guitar string company dedicated to manufacturing strings "the old way," before mechanized equipment took over every aspect of the process. The company was initially founded to create richer tone
