This article is a contribution from Missy Renee Daley, a delightful story about how the custom mandolin her husband made for her back in 1996 found its way back to her after having been stolen shortly after she received it. Today
Miscellaneous bluegrass news
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Welcome Isaac Workman!
Jake and Rebekah Workman, both highly skilled bluegrass musicians, are celebrating the birth last week of their first child. Jake is the guitarist with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, and Rebekah is a noted fiddler and vocalist. Isaac Jacob Workman was
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Fundraiser for Ken Cartwright – home and instruments lost to wildfire
Each year when wildfires spread along the US Pacific coast, those of us back east are filled with a mix of awe and wonder. In fact, people everywhere are struck by the enormous power of a blaze tearing through wooded
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Welcome Waylon Wright!
Announcing the littlest Lonesome Rambler... Jacob Wright, banjo picker with Larry Sparks, and his wife, Brooke, are celebrating the birth of their first child. Waylon Lewis Wright was born yesterday (September 8) at 2:48 a.m. in Blacksburg, VA. He made his debut
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Welcome Matilda Henderson Gilbert!
Jayne Henderson, luthier at EJ Henderson Guitars and daughter of renowned guitar builder, Wayne Henderson, is celebrating the birth of her first child. Sylvia Matilda Henderson Gilbert was born this morning at 10:15 a.m. in Asheville, NC, weighing in at 7
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Medical fund established for Kentucky Thunder fiddler Mike Barnett
Family and friends of Mike Barnett, fiddler with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, have established a medical fund to assist him with expenses related to therapy and rehab following his suffering a cerebral hemorrhage last month. Not yet a household name
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Classic bluegrass LPs, free to a good home from Scott Napier
The interest in vintage vinyl keeps going up, something that wasn't envisioned by most music lovers when the era of the compact disc began in the mid-'80s. As the cost of CD players dropped rapidly during that time, and nearly
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Near miss for Hunter Berry in South Carolina
The world of touring musicians always looks a bit glamorous from the audience side of the stage, but when you get to know some of the artists who do it for a living, it becomes clear that it is a
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Welcome Ryman Tate!
Austin Tate, mandolinist with Carson Peters & Iron Mountain, and his wife Amanda, are celebrating the birth of their first child. Ryman Paul Tate was born on August 14 at the Wythe County Community Hospital in Wytheville, VA. He made his
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Jerry Andrews of Crandall Creek gets cancer diagnosis
This article is a contribution from Bruce Winges, recently retired as Editor of the Akron Beacon Journal. Are you 45 years old? Are you turning 50? If so, Jerry Andrews of Crandall Creek has a message for you: Get a colonoscopy. When Jerry