Maddie Denton, 2020 Open Division winner at the Grand Lake Fiddle Fest Jana Jae, the Hee Haw star known for her blue fiddle, hosted the Grand Lake National Fiddle Fest at the American Heritage Music Festival event for the 23rd year. The festivities
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Two Timer from Nick Chandler & Delivered
615 Hideaway Records has released a new single from Nick Chandler & Delivered, ahead of their upcoming album Inside The Lines, expected next month. Two Timer is a hard-driving number with the familiar themes of heartbreak and betrayal. But with its upbeat
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Online streams to catch this weekend – Roots Rendezvous and Telluride
Now that we are entering into what should have been the bluegrass festival season, many of the destination events we had been looking so much forward to are offering a taste of what we''ll be missing online. It's a great
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Moments in Bluegrass BG75 #1 – Pete Wernick recalls Fincastle Festival
Following an invitation that the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) extended to its members that they share a memory from “75 years of bluegrass,” we thought that we would collect a few to share with you. Pete Wernick (Dr Banjo) played
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Father’s Day song and video from Valerie Smith
Valerie Smith also has a Father's Day song to debut this week, one written by Johnny McDonald and Val. Talking To Daddy deals with a difficult aspect of elder care, one that has been real in McDonald's life. It tells of
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IBMA Foundation announces Arnold Shultz Fund
Artist rendering of Arnold Shultz; Shultz with Pendleton Vandiver The IBMA Foundation, the charitable arm of the International Bluegrass Music Association, has announced today the establishment of a new endowment to support increasing participation from people of color in bluegrass music. Named
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Ask Sonny Anything… Were you scared of Bill Monroe?
Ask Sonny Anything is a recurring feature where our readers pose questions to the great Sonny Osborne, one half of the iconic Osborne Brothers who redefined bluegrass music in the 1960s, and noted banjo maven and collector of fine prewar
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IBMA announces second round of Bluegrass Ramble artists for 2020
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced a second round of invited showcase artists to be presented in their Bluegrass Ramble, held this year during their first virtual World of Bluegrass celebration. These showcase artists are selected from dozens of applications
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Welcome Rose Fiona Iaquinto!
Another bluegrass baby - from western North Carolina! Jesse Iaquinto, mandolinist with Fireside Collective, and his wife Cara are celebrating the birth of their first child, Rose Fiona, born on Friday, June 12. She came into the world at 8:25 a.m.,
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Station Inn roars back to life in Nashville
The Station Inn, historic Nashville hotspot and perhaps the world's preeminent bluegrass club, has announced that they are reopening tonight following several months of COVID-19 closure. Like most facilities open to the public, they are only allowed to operate at 50%