Miscellaneous bluegrass news

Bernie Leadon, founding member of the Eagles, has been announced as the newest endorsing artist with Huber Banjos. He is currently out with them again as part of the History of the Eagles world tour, which began earlier this month. Though he

“When we saw first saw Ashley her father, Dr. Everett Lilly, said she was just starting to sing publicly. It was at WOB 2008, and she was 10 years old. I believe that was the last year of the Roots

Long before Les Paul started thinking about solid body electric guitars, the Gibson company - then located in Kalamazoo, MI - was known as one of the premier makers of banjos in the US. They provided tenors for the explosion

On This Day …. On July 14, 1956, Richard Underwood was born in Seabrook, Maryland. The 57 year old is best known for his hard-driving banjo playing for the Johnson Mountain Boys, that great neo-traditional band of the 1980s. Underwood first experienced bluegrass

John Miller has been playing and singing bluegrass since he was old enough to hold a guitar in East Tennessee. Living now in Christiansburg, VA, he's done stints with Bill Emerson, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, and Tim & Savannah Finch in

Bandzoogle, popular self-service web and domain hosting company, has acquired Onesheet, a similarly-situated company based in San Francisco. While Bandzoogle offers artists and bands the ability to build a web presence with anything from simple, templated web sites up to fully-customized

If you play a stringed instrument - and we know that a large percentage of our readers do - you may already be familiar with the Colorado Case Company. They have been making custom cases, gig bags and case covers

Deep River Management, a bluegrass-centered agency representing up-and-coming artists, has announced a change in ownership. The firm debuted in August of 2012 as a partnership between John Lockaby and Laura Ridge, and currently offers representation and management services to a

On this day ….. On June 25, 1926, Joe Val was born. Joseph Valiante, shortened to Joe Val by Tex Logan, was a bluegrass music pioneer from New England. Born in Everett, Massachusetts, he was a relative late-comer to country music, starting to

Congratulations to Joe Kershenbaum of Waterbury, CT who won our iPad Mini giveaway this month. Joe tells us that he found his way to bluegrass, and Bluegrass Today, via a circuitous route. "I had a piano teacher who introduced me to a many kinds