Brian Paul Swenk, a veteran of both the performance and artist representation sides of the bluegrass music world, has reopened his boutique shop, Rockwood Booking Agency. For many years Brian was the banjo player with Big Daddy Love, an alternative, jamgrass
We've noted in the past how the immense popularity of bluegrass guitarist and singer, Billy Strings, within the wider pop culture, is having a real influence on young people becoming interested in the music. And he just demonstrated that in a large
Photo of Matt Munsey © Angela Richardson-Newman, Littlerocker Photography Tomorrow is a very special day for Matthew Munsey, founder and mandolinist/guitarist with Monroeville, a popular bluegrass group in east Tennessee. And like most who do spectacular things, he swears it's no
Here's an important notice for collectors of antique banjos. 28 instruments from the collection of Kaspar Herde will be auctioned on Friday, November 12 in Hamburg, Germany. These are all fine tenor banjos from the 1930s, including instruments made by prominent
The Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Music Studies department at East Tennessee Sate University is advertising a part time staff position. This job is for a Public Relations and Marketing Coordinator for the department, and requires a wide range of skills
In more exciting Alan Bibey & Grasstowne news... Wedding bells rang out for bandmates Justin Jenkins, who plays banjo with Grasstowne, and their fiddler, Kati Penn last weekend. The two were married on October 24 in a very small, private ceremony
Another bluegrass baby! Always welcome news, especially when a community has suffered loss. Josh Richards, guitarist and vocalist for Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, and his wife, Amy, are celebrating the birth of their third child. Dorothy Gene Richards was born on
Another bluegrass wedding is on the horizon with more members from the same bands! Sweet Potato Pie mandolinist, Tori Jones, and Drive Time banjoist, Tyler Jackson, have officially announced their engagement. This comes just a month after Drive Time/Sweet Potato
Sonny Osborne, giant of bluegrass banjo, one half of the iconic Osborne Brothers, and our faithful Friday correspondent, has announced the suspension of his Ask Sonny Anything column at Bluegrass Today for the time being, due to his declining health. Sonny suffered
Nick Chandler, bluegrass singer and mandolinist from western North Carolina, and fearless leader of Pinecastle recording artists Nick Chandler & Delivered, is in the hospital this week being treated for blood clots in his lungs. Chandler recently went through a bout
