Here's distressing news for fans of The Legendary Briarhoppers in Charlotte, NC. Bandleader Tom Warlick is on dialysis and awaiting a kidney transplant. The band has been performing without interruption for 84 years, with new members coming in as others age out
Virginia grassers East Of Monroe are packing that grip for a week-long tour of Ireland in April. The six-piece group specializes in original bluegrass, and they are all looking forward to their first band visit to the Emerald Isle next
Another bluegrass baby - with a legit bluegrass name! Chris Williamson, bass player with Volume Five, and his wife Brittany, welcomed their first child into the world earlier this week. Indy Jolene Williamson was born on March 19 at 12:50 a.m. in Gainesville,
We heard recently from the good folks with G7 capos, a British company that has made tremendous strides in capo design this past few years. Their Heritage model was reviewed here when it was introduced in 2016, and they wanted
Jens Kruger, celebrated North Carolina banjo player, and one-half of the popular Kruger Brothers, has scheduled surgery for early next month to remove a tumor recently discovered on one of his kidneys. The tumor was discovered while Jens was hospitalized for
Senator Glen Reese, Todd Taylor, and Senator Shane Martin on Todd "Banjoman" Taylor Day in South Carolina The South Carolina General Assembly has passed a resolution marking March 14, 2018 as South Carolina Banjo Day, in honor of native son Todd
What is Rhonda Vincent doing on the floor of the Missouri House of Representatives? She was there Tuesday (3/13) to witness the vote on House Bill 2187, which designates a portion of US Highway 63 as Bluegrass Queen Rhonda Vincent Highway.
Nancy Cardwell and Bob Webster were married this past weekend in North Carolina. Both are life-long members of the bluegrass community with friends and associates across the country. Nancy performed as a young lady with her family and other groups in
Katie Keller has announced that she will be leaving her position as Marketing Director with the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY to take a job in Nashville with The Press House, a premier public relations firm with additional offices
Representative John Mark Windle, Speaker Beth Harwell, Sierra Hull, Senator Ken Yager, and Representative Kelly Keisling Bluegrass mandolin prodigy Sierra Hull was honored by her home state of Tennessee this week, when their House of Representatives issued a proclamation extolling her musical