D'Addario has introduced a new product that could prove useful and valuable to acoustic and bluegrass performers, especially those who work on stage without a sound engineer. Their IR Mic Mute is a noise gate/muting attachment that mounts easily between any
Chris Jones, peripatetic world traveler, radio host, and regular columnist here at Bluegrass Today, has been on tour in Europe with Paolo Ercoli this past few weeks, set to return home at the end of this one. But it seems that
To celebrate their founding in 1975, Deering Banjos has created a highly ornate, 50th Anniversary Limited Edition model banjo. It's a strikingly beautiful instrument, made of high-grade curly maple with a bound ebony fingerboard and delicate, intricate fretboard inlays. Of course
For her birthday this month, perennial bluegrass hitmaker Irene Kelley thought that a bike ride through Cade's Cove in east Tennessee sounded like a perfect day out. Lovely fall scenery, and a near certainty of encountering deer in quantity, was
Rick Faris, Shawn Horn, and Horn #1 - photo © Kylee Jones At the children's tent during the 2025 Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival, The Horn Family, Edmond, OK bluegrass band, were entertaining about 100 children from local schools, when Shawn Horn
One of the best things about small town America, and something well worth preserving, is the quaint downtowns or city centers that still exist in small communities all across the country. Even when big box stores and online retailers have
John Meyer, one half of the bluegrass act Pitney Meyer, and his wife Kourtney, are celebrating the birth of their third child. Aidan John Meyer made his arrival on October 9, joining older siblings Zane and Lilly in the Meyer household. John
A raft of bluegrass artists, including Sam Bush, Sierra Hull, Del McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, Russell Moore, and several others, have autographed a pair of bluegrass instruments for a special auction to benefit musical artists and music
Rhonda Vincent rings the NYSE closing bell, January 26, 2018 Rhonda Vincent has been invited to ring the opening bell tomorrow, October 21, at the New York Stock Exchange. For more than 120 years, the ringing of this bell has signaled
Katie Powderly is a musician in Frederick, MD with a new idea for a charitable organization. The daughter of a bluegrass picker, her own music tends more towards an Americana, singer/songwriter sound, though she retains a love for the music
