David Welch and Frank Solivan and their ToneSlabs pick company have designed a special commemorative pick, honoring the brave people of western North Carolina who have endured such devastation in the wake of Hurricane Helene. It is engraved with the outline
Chris Eldridge at the Celebration of Life for Ben Eldridge - photo © Jeromie Stephens This past Sunday, September 29, friends and family gathered in Fredericksburg, VA to honor the memory of Ben Eldridge, legendary founding banjo player with The Seldom
Even though much of the bluegrass world was concentrated on the various IBMA activities in Raleigh over last week, the humanitarian crisis in western North Carolina, east Tennessee, western Virginia, and western Georgia has been on everyone's mind since Hurricane
Well, it's happening agin. The 2024 World of Bluegrass has begun in Raleigh, NC, the final year here before the event moves to Chattanooga, TN for 2025-26. Bluegrass Today is here in person, along with a full component of correspondents and
The 1942 Martin D-18 (#81197) once owned by Lester Flatt, which we reported on last spring, has been listed for sale by auction at Heritage Auctions online. As the story goes, this is the guitar that Lester bought when he joined
Danny Stewart, bluegrass multi-instrumentalist, bass player with US Navy Band Country Current, and proprietor of Turtle Hill Banjo Co., shared word of his adventures in South Africa last month. He was on the trail of an all original 1939 Gibson
Tabitha and David Benedict, one of bluegrass music's latest power couples, welcomed their first child earlier this summer. The two perform together as The Foreign Landers, and with Tabitha's brothers as Cup O'Joe. Both are first rate instrumentalists, and Tabitha
Josiah Tyree, Charlie Lowman, Cassidy Lowman, Mary Rachel Nalley-Norris, and Kody Norris (8/28/24) Yesterday, August 28, at 3:00 p.m., Charlie Lowman, bass player with The Kody Norris Show, was married to Cassidy Hawkins at Bays Mountain State Park in Kingsport, TN. Some
Another bluegrass baby! Congratulations to Adam Miller, mandolinist with Lonesome River Band, and his wife, Bailey, on the birth of their first child. James Aiden Bailey was born on August 24 at 8:33 p.m., weighing in at 7 lbs, 12 oz, and
Cole Spencer, bass player with the King James Boys, and his wife, Jada, are celebrating the birth of their second child. Boyd Coleman Spencer was born at home on Saturday, August 17, at 2:20 pm. He made his appearance at 7
