The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced this afternoon that all of the outdoor musical performances associated with the IBMA Bluegrass Live! festival will be moving indoors, due to expected rain and wind from hurricane Ian. Fortunately, the IBMA has some
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Photos from the weekend at Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass Festival
Nothin' Fancy closes out the 2022 Nothin' Fancy Bluegrass Festival - photo © Bill Warren The 20th annual Nothin' Fancy Bluegrass Festival has drawn to a close. I think every person in attendance had a great experience – including audience members, volunteers,
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Dalton Harper to Skyline Records
Skyline Records, a new Nashville-based bluegrass record label, has announced that Dalton Harper, the silver-throated vocalist with Cedar Hill, has signed an exclusive recording contract with them. Will McSeveney, owner of Skyline, has pledged his label to releasing only high quality
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World of Bluegrass begins today!
And so it begins... Once again, a large portion of the bluegrass industry is assembling today in Raleigh, NC for the International Bluegrass Music Association's annual convention, World of Bluegrass. If you are involved in this sort of music professionally, this
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A New Leaf from Steven Moore
Ohio banjo player Steven Moore has his first solo project, Just a Little Talk with Myself, just recently released. The 31 year old part time musician has mostly been found on the contest stages in recent years, taking first in
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Recovery Road Bluegrass Festival – fundraiser for substance abuse recovery
Deeper Shade of Blue at the 2022 Recovery Road Bluegrass Festival - photo by Gary Hatley The Recovery Road Bluegrass Festival in Albemarle, NC, returned for its second year this past weekend. The music-based fundraiser held at the Lodge on Hatley
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Buddy Spurlock passes
Kentucky banjo player Buddy Spurlock, also known in his later years as Bud, died on Wednesday, September 21, in Prestonsburg, KY at the Riverview Nursing Home. He was 81 years of age. Born in eastern Kentucky in 1941 as Vernon Spurlock, Buddy came to
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Photos from Walnut Valley Festival 2022
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage at the 2022 Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS Many thanks to Rex Flottman, Media Director for the Walnut Valley Festival, for sharing these photos from their 2022 event - the 50th! - earlier this month
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The Life Of A Musician with Brandon Adams
A new program is scheduled to debut this fall on several PBS television affiliates, with a close association to bluegrass music. Titled The Life Of A Musician, the show is hosted by Brandon Adams, noted flatpicker and acoustic music performer,
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May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister from Danny Paisley
Pinecastle Records has released what they have called the final single from Bluegrass Troubadour, their current album with legendary bluegrass balladeer Danny Paisley. Bluegrass fans love Danny because it sings the old time way, true to the style his father, Bob,