Miscellaneous bluegrass news

This past Saturday, May 10, saw uber mandolinist Adam Steffey wed to Tina Trianosky, lovely young lady and fine banjo picker. The happy couple were united at the First Baptist Church in Mountain City, TN with a full contingent of

No matter where you find yourself in the world, a bluegrass jam is sure to lift your spirits. We often take for granted the availability of jam sessions here in the US, while our overseas contemporaries are somewhat harder pressed

As reported at the time, William Anderson 'Bill' Bolick, the mandolin-playing, tenor-singing half of the duo known as the Blue Sky Boys, passed away on March 13, in Hickory, North Carolina. He was 90 years old. Born October 29, 1917, and

The Indie Acoustic Project has announced the winners of their Best CDs of 2007 awards. To be eligible, a project must have acoustic instrumentation (at least in part) and be released on an independent (non-major) label. The Infamous Stringdusters got the

Congratulations to my fellow Bluegrass Blog author Brance Gillihan and his wife Lauren on the birth of their first child, Hadassah Grace. She was born yesterday (4/27) at 4:00 p.m., coming in at 7 lbs, 13 oz and 21''

The Spring 2008 issue of Berklee Today, the official alumni publication of the Berklee College Of Music, has an interesting article on Crowd Funding. It was written by Peter Spellman, director of Berklee's Career Development Center, who has written a

Recently we reported news of the link up between Mountain Roads Recordings and Big Country Bluegrass. Although bands changing labels is nothing new, some may have wondered about the Big Country Bluegrass arrangement with Hay Holler Records. Well, when talking

Whenever we learn of a hand injury to a musician, it's always a matter of concern. When it's a legend like Bobby Hicks, who not only helped establish what excellence in bluegrass fiddle is all about over his long career,

The Chapmans have launched a new band website. It's an interactive flash based site that is basically one page with popups for all additional info. It's not a bad design, but it does use some bandwidth. The photo gallery was pretty

It seems the debate over what constitues 'traditional bluegrass' and what should be labeled 'progressive bluegrass' has no end. Stack on top of that, the debate over how much 'progressive' bluegrass should be allowed at a certain festival or event,