Josh Shilling, Mountain Heart lead singer and popular Nashville bluegrass songwriter, was involved in a serious accident in mid-March when he, his wife, Aleah, and their oldest daughter, were thrown from an ATV while on vacation. Fortunately, Bella Kate, aged
Miscellaneous bluegrass news
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King Records facility gets financial support for ongoing restoration
King Records, the iconic Cincinnati label that produced several celebrated and legendary musicians from the 1940s into the early 1970s (including first-generation bluegrass acts Jimmy Martin and Bobby Osborne; Reno & Smiley; The Stanley Brothers ; Moore & Napier; the
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Welcome Wesley Dauphinais!
Nick Dauphinais, guitarist with The Larry Stephenson Band, and his lovely wife Maegan, are celebrating the birth of their second child. Wesley Nicholas Dauphinais was born on March 18 at Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC. He came in at 7lbs 6oz, stretching
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Welcome Emeree Boone!
There is great rejoicing in bluegrass circles here in southwestern Virginia today. There is a new bluegrass baby, where both parents are not only bluegrass people, they perform together in the same band! Troy and Carolyne VanLierop Boone are celebrating the
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Frank Solivan returns to leatherwork during shutdown
When we are a decade or so down the road from the great COVID scare of 2020, you are likely to find musicians and artists of every type when they congregate, talking about what they did during that time to
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Another attempt to revive the former Gibson factory in Kalamazoo
There is another plan afoot in Kalamazoo, MI to revamp the property that once housed the Gibson factory, including a new hotel, museum, gym, and more on the site where Gibson operated from 1917 to 1984. A similar plan announced
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Joey Lemons named Sheriff of Stokes County, NC
Those of us in the bluegrass world know Joey Lemons as mandolinist and vocalist with Terry Baucom & The Dukes of Drive. If you've chanced to meet him at festival and conventions, you'll also know as a jovial, and fun
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Welcome Bristol Ingardia!
Another bluegrass baby! Katelyn Ingardia, guitarist and vocalist with Backline, and her husband, Dominic, are celebrating the birth of their third child today. Bristol Marie Ingardia was born this afternoon at 12:52 p.m., weighing in at 8 lbs, 13 ozs and stretching
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Joey Lemons named Sheriff of Stokes County, NC
Those of us in the bluegrass world know Joey Lemons as mandolinist and vocalist with Terry Baucom & The Dukes of Drive. If you've chanced to meet him at festival and conventions, you'll also know as a jovial, and fun
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Tim White to paint Easter Brothers mural in Mount Airy, NC
Detail from The Easter Brothers mural - James Easter and Tim White While most bluegrass lovers in the US know Tim White as the genial host of the syndicated PBS program, Song of the Mountains, those in southwestern Virginia and east