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Shannon Slaughter has a new single today, with a music video to boot! Unsurprisingly, it's a driving grasser with a bluesy feel, a new song called Goin' Up The Mountain, written by Slaughter and Chris Burton. Equally unsurprisingly, he is supported

Sonny: I once joined a bluegrass band to play mandolin and sing tenor. Not longer after I joined, the bass player quit, so I took over that job. Having never played the bass before, I got an electric bass guitar. At

For some years we have enjoyed music from The Earl Brothers, which is primarily the work of Robert Earl Davis, a bluegrass banjo man from the east coast who has migrated to San Francisco. As a young man he studied

Spencer Nitchie, co-owner/operator of Banjo NewsLetter, died on August 6 following a brief bout with liver and pancreatic cancer. He was 57 years of age. Since 1992, Spencer and his brother, Donald, have run the publication launched by their father, Hub,

James Reams has released another single from the upcoming soundtrack album for his film, Like A Flowing River: A Bluegrass Passage. The movie, available through Amazon Prime online, is the story of James' life and career, from the early days in

Molly Tuttle at the Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids, MI (August 29, 2021) - photo © Bryan Bolea Bryan Bolea was on hand with his camera last week when Molly Tuttle and Old Crow Medicine Show performed at Meijer Gardens in

Pinecastle Records has announced the re-signing of noted bluegrass and Americana guitarist/vocalist Jim Hurst for his next solo project. At the same time, the label is re-releasing Jim's 2001 record, Second Son, which featured an all-star cast of bluegrass pickers and

When the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, it proved to be a deeply challenging time for many around the globe. For musical artists, the ensuing lockdown became a fruitful time, creatively speaking. This was especially true for Brooklyn based singer/songwriter,

Gavin Stinson, bass player for Kenny Stinson & Perfect Tym'n, and Monique Vachon, former fiddler with The Vachon Family Band, were married this past weekend in east Tennessee. They were wed on August 26 at The Side Porch in Grey, TN and

We wrote on Monday about the disastrous flooding in middle Tennessee, and the efforts of locals, including bluegrass artist Daryl Mosley, to raise funds to assist those left homeless from substantial rainfall on August 21. Another set of storms caused serious