Along with working as a freelance musician in Nashville, TN, banjoist Charles Butler is a skilled composer. Centered around exciting and progressive ideas, Butler's newest release, Duck's Eye, is a glimpse into that aspect of his artistry. All nine tunes are original pieces
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Billy Strings at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville
Billy Strings at The Bridgestone Area in Nashville (2/25/23) - photo © Jesse Faatz Young bluegrass phenom Billy Strings played two sold out shows this past weekend at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena. This is a 20,000 seat venue, and ticket demand was
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IBMA Foundation announces 2023 Arnold Shultz grant recipients
The IBMA Foundation, the philanthropic and educational arm of the International Bluegrass Music Association, has announced the recipients of their 2023 Arnold Shultz Fund grants to encourage participation in bluegrass music by people of color. Dr. Richard Brown, co-chair of the Arnold
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From The Side of the Road… 500th column reflections
This is my 500th column for Bluegrass Today. This has taken me a little by surprise; I thought I had run out of ideas by column 50, and perhaps I had. But somehow, even if running on fumes and a
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Toccoa Ritz Bluegrass Festival coming to Georgia in April
Edgar Loudermilk and the City of Toccoa, Georgia are working together to promote the very first Toccoa Ritz Bluegrass Festival this spring. Set as a one-day event for 2023, to be held in the Historic Ritz Theatre at the Schaefer Center
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Fare Thee Well drops for Lindley Creek
Once again, Lindley Creek has released a feel-good bluegrass song with their latest single for Pinecastle Records. The Creek is a family band, made up of the Greers from the Ozark region of Missouri. Mom and Dad, Kathie and John, play
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Greensky Bluegrass at The Intersection in Grand Rapids
Greensky Bluegrass in Grand Rapids, MI (2/22/23) - photo © Bryan Bolea With a slow moving ice storm closing schools, knocking out power, and making driving treacherous (and walking worse), the boys of Greensky Bluegrass and the management of The Intersection
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ETSU Bluegrass announces new instructors
The East Tennessee State University Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Roots Music Studies program, which is included in the school's Appalachian Studies department, has announced a number of new faculty members in the program. Seven teachers are joining as adjunct instructors, who Program
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Things Are Simple – Bill Evans
Bill Evans — he of banjo and bluegrass fame as opposed to the jazz musician of the same name — spent the last three years working with an array of notable collaborators in order to deliver Things Are Simple, this
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Bluegrass in Heaven festival launches in New York
Silver Bay YMCA in Silver Bay, NY has announced their first ever bluegrass festival this summer. Located on Lake George, close by Ticonderoga and the Vermont border, the Bluegrass in Heaven Music Festival is scheduled for September 15-17 this year. The