Non-US bluegrass news

Here's the final installment of the tour diary from Cia Cherryholmes and Stetson Adkisson, aka Songs Of The Fall, as they conclude their musical journey across eastern Europe. Cia shares a few words on this last leg of the trip,

Just got this note from Cia Cheryholmes who is performing in Europe now with her husband Stetson Adkisson and Songs Of The Fall. She shared a few words about their ongoing tour, along with another video shot by Richard Cifersky. We

One question we are asked most frequently is "what happened to those cute Cherryholmes kids who used to tour together with their parents?" Folks who follow bluegrass closely may already know that Molly, the youngest, now plays fiddle and sings with

This article is a contribution from Raymond W. McLain, Director of the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music at Morehead State University. When Sarah Wood stepped up to the microphone in Qingdao, China and sang, In A Far Away Place, the resounding

Last week, Lorraine Jordan made the journey from her home in North Carolina, along with her band, to perform at the Ardara Bluegrass Festival held in Donegal in northwestern Ireland. There she did sets of her own material with Carolina

Lorraine Jordan is over in Ireland, along with her group, Carolina Road, and The Garrett Newton Band, to perform at the 10th Annual Ardara Bluegrass Festival in Donegal this weekend. Getting there a day or two early, she took the chance

French band, The Grasslers, have come up with a novel way to solicit crowdfunding for their upcoming video project, a bluegrass version of Smells Like Teen Spirit from '90s grunge rockers Curt Cobain and Nirvana. They are using the Ulele platform

Old Salt performs at EWOB 2017 - photo by Jos van der Lelie The twentieth European World Of Bluegrass Festival and Convention was held this weekend in Voorthuizen, The Netherlands. All ingredients were there for a huge celebration. Many of the

This report is a contribution from Martino Coppo, mandolinist and vocalist with Italy's Red Wine. Each year they host a themed show where they live in northern Italy called Red Wine Bluegrass Party, and Martino sends along some photos and a description. The

A new group has formed in the Czech Republic, combing existing group High ReVoltage -  a trio made up of Ondra Kozák on guitar, Vítek Hanulík on mandolin, and Karel Začal on reso-guitar - with bassist Pavel Duda to form New Aliquot. The members have performed with some