Miscellaneous bluegrass news

In November 2016 we reported that the boys in the Darrell Webb Band had experienced a serious auto crash in route to a number of performances in Florida. Unfortunately, the accident left reso player Tyler Collins hospitalized in Jacksonville for

Cheryl McClellan has joined the team at Still Blue Entertainment, a company formed initially to represent Jeff Brown & Still Lonesome. Since launching with that focus, the agency has also taken on publicity for the James Wimmer Bristol Bluegrass Spring

Here's a happy bluegrass story for a Thursday evening. Whitney Perkins, reso-guitarist with Josh Grigsby and County Line, is now engaged to Kevin Edwards. The pair have been dating for several years. No wedding date has yet been set. The couple live

Through the work of a number of dedicated volunteers, most notably Pam Pruett and Chipper Covington, funds have been raised to erect a custom headstone and footstone at the place where James King was laid to rest last year. We lost

Emily and Mo Pitney share a moment with their daughter, Evelyne - photo by Tabitha Pitney Here's a lovely bluegrass surprise. Evelyne Nadine Pitney was born last night to Emily Bankester Pitney and her husband, rising country singer Mo Pitney. Emily

Last July we reported on an estate sale in Gallatin, Tennessee, where almost one thousand items once owned by either Bill or James Monroe were being sold at auction. It gave Monroe's fans the chance to take a bit of

Arthur Hatfield, builder of Hatfield Banjos, has donated one of his Buck Creek models to the folks at the Shepherdsville Music Barn. The banjo, valued at $2700, will be offered in a raffle to benefit the Wounded Warrior project. This is

Steve Day, fiddler and vocalist with David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition, suffered a back injury in a single car accident near his home in Kentucky last Thursday, January 5. This was before the snowfall that paralyzed much of the eastern

One of the favorite parts of my work for Bluegrass Today is the steady stream of music that fills my mailbox and my inbox. A close second is the joy of discovering and testing new products. Hey, it’s a tough job,

Congratulations to our friends at Galaxy Audio, who are celebrating 40 years as a family-owned business in 2017. They proudly wear their moniker as the Personal Monitor Experts, since developing the Hot Spot in the late 1970s changed the way