Patrick McAvinue, fiddler and mandolinist for US Navy Band Country Current, and his wife, Jules, are celebrating the birth of their first child. William Coleman McAvinue was born on August 23 at Howard County General Hospital in Columbia, MD. His arrival
This visit with Jaroslav Průcha is a contribution from Matt Scutchfield, a music vlogger, journalist, graduate of Berklee College of Music, and current associate concert producer at The Wild Rose Moon Performing Arts Center in Plymouth, IN. He is of Eastern
Kayla and Jereme Brown share a first dance as husband and wife (9/12/21) Jereme Brown, banjo player and vocalist with The Po' Ramblin' Boys, and Kayla Shelton, were married at 3:00 p.m. on September 12 in Shepherdsville, KY. Kayla tells us that
Eli Johnston, banjo player and vocalist with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, and his wife, Keasley, have welcomed their second child into the world. Boone Wilder Johnston was born on September 5 at 11:30 p.m. at Leconte Medical Center in Sevierville, TN.
Gavin Stinson, bass player for Kenny Stinson & Perfect Tym'n, and Monique Vachon, former fiddler with The Vachon Family Band, were married this past weekend in east Tennessee. They were wed on August 26 at The Side Porch in Grey, TN and
We wrote on Monday about the disastrous flooding in middle Tennessee, and the efforts of locals, including bluegrass artist Daryl Mosley, to raise funds to assist those left homeless from substantial rainfall on August 21. Another set of storms caused serious
Most of the US is focused right now on hurricane devastation in Louisiana, and rightly so, but there have been other incidents of flooding that have befallen people in other parts of the country of late as well. Areas surrounding
Logo design by Joshua Williams and Bree Fleming - photo by Amy Springer Talk about a bluegrass wedding! The upcoming nuptials between Megan Darby, Director of the bluegrass music program at Glenville State College in West Virginia, and Luke McKnight, grandson of
That's right folks... Rhonda Vincent is officially a grandma! Tensel Burke, Rhonda's daughter, and her husband, Brent, who played reso-guitar with Rhonda & The Rage for eight years, have welcomed their first child. Titus Burke was born in Nashville on August 17
Herschel Sizemore reacting to his 85th surprise birthday party, and kicking off the jam - photo by Garrett Carter This past weekend, a group of family, friends, and admirers gathered up on Bent Mountain in southwestern Virginia to celebrate the 85th
