Bluegrass At Large

With the January NAMM show coming up in a few weeks, most of the companies who supply products and accessories to the music market are getting ready to announce what they have new on offer for 2017. NAMM is the

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,

Deering Banjos is introducing a lavish new banjo at the 2017 NAMM Show to honor banjo legend John McEuen and his 50 years touring with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The John McEuen Signature model banjo is made from highly figured

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

Did you know we published a twice monthly email newsletter with free tips for marketing your band, album, festival, club, or organization online? It's called Sound Marketing for Bluegrass, and written especially for our readers by Barry Silverstein, a nationally

Rural Rhythm Records in Nashville has announced new distribution arrangements, set to begin later this month. The label releases new music in the bluegrass, Americana, and contemporary Christian categories, plus historical reissues from its deep catalog of traditional bluegrass from

In an article earlier this month, we mentioned that Nechville and the BanjoHangout would be working together on a raffle to benefit long time grasser Jack Hatfield, who lost nearly everything he owned in the wildfires that ravaged Pigeon Forge