Jerry Salley, Billy Blue Records’ Creative/A&R Director, is a thankful man. "Billy Blue Records just celebrated its four year anniversary, and I am extremely grateful that, in my opinion, we have built one of the best rosters in bluegrass music. Not
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Photos from the 2022 Telluride Bluegrass Festival
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway at the 49th Telluride Bluegrass Festival - photo by Anthony Verkuilen Anthony Verkuilen was at the 49th annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival for us this year, and has contributed this substantial gallery of photographs from his days
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Allen Mills talks new Lost and Found EP and debut single
The Lost and Found have a new single releasing tomorrow on Mountain Fever Records. But wait, you may say... hasn't that band been defunct for nearly a decade? Well... it's a long story. To get the skinny, we chatted with Allen
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Bil VornDick passes
Noted Nashville recording engineer, producer, and studio owner Bil VornDick died on Tuesday, July 5 after a very short battle with cancer. Bil had received his diagnosis only a few days before he passed at 72 years of age. It isn't a
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Byron Berline’s Fiddle Shop lives on
February 21, 2019 was the day a tossed cigarette struck a blaze that burned a major historical part of noted bluegrass fiddler Byron Berline’s life. His beloved Double Stop Fiddle Shop and Concert Hall in Guthrie, OK had been destroyed
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Chris Jones & The Night Drivers do The Opry
As promised, last Saturday night (July 2) saw Chris Jones & The Night Drivers make their debut performance on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. Chris said that they felt right at home backstage, meeting up with so many people they
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Home Where The Music Is from Pam Setser
Bell Buckle Records has released a debut single for Pam Setser, taken from her upcoming album with the label called Now. Pam hails from Mountain View, AR, and has been playing and singing since she was just a wee lass. She
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Winfield’s Walnut Valley Festival book by Seth Bate
The Walnut Valley Festival was launched in 1972 when a guitar maker , a farmer , and a businessman built their own music festival from the ground up. It has made the small town of Winfield into an annual destination
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Photos from Béla Fleck’s Bluegrass Happening in Grand Rapids
Béla Fleck's Bluegrass Happening in Grand Rapids, MI (6/27/22) - photo © Bryan Bolea Photographer Bryan Bolea was on hand when Béla Fleck brought his Bluegrass Happening Tour to the Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapid, MI. The tour included
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Bill Evans – The Banjo In America
The banjo has lengthy origins dating all the way back to the 1870s. Since the 1990s, banjoist Bill Evans has concisely presented this history in a solo performance titled The Banjo In America, giving audiences a taste of numerous banjo