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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Another bluegrass baby! I guess we know what our favorite touring artists were doing during the 2020 lockdown. This time we give a Bluegrass Today welcome to Arlie Reid Bryan, the first born child of John Bryan, guitarist/vocalist with The Grascals, and
Paraphrasing a Bill Monroe tune, "We'll make our vows to love each other, and we know we always will." Another happy union to report: bluegrass sweethearts, Carley Arrowood and Daniel Thrailkill, have announced their engagement. After five years of friendship that included
Josh Swift, reso-guitarist with The Isaacs and Lyle Lovett, and his wife, Tobi, are celebrating the birth of their second child. Sully Lynn Swift was born on Sunday, February 21, at 3:03 p.m. at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center in Tennessee.
