This remembrance of Ron Vigue is a contribution from Cheri Russo, Community Engagement Manager for WOUB Public Media in Athens, OH. WOUB is a member station of both PBS and NPR serving 55 counties throughout southeastern Ohio, western West Virginia and eastern Kentucky.
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Shadows On The Moon video from Midnight Skyracer
Today marks the release of Shadows On The Moon, the highly anticipated second album from the UK's Midnight Skyracer, comprised of four lady Brits and a gal from Northern Ireland. Their crisp style of contemporary bluegrass has won them fans
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Ask Sonny Anything… did you know Jerry Lee Lewis or Stringbean?
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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Bluegrass On The Rim goes virtual next weekend
For the past six years, the campus of Jacksonville State University has been the home of an annual June festival called Bluegrass On The Rim. It was popular with students and residents in Jacksonville, AL where everyone could congregate outdoors at
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Pert Near Sandstone digs deep with Rising Tide
After eight albums and a career that goes back more than 15 years, Pert Near Sandstone have come to represent the essence of Minnesota’s thriving progressive bluegrass community, environs also inhabited by such likeminded luminaries as Charlie Parr, 4onthefloor, and
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Whatever happened to Samantha Snyder?
We have long enjoyed covering family bands here at Bluegrass Today. It is always fun watching young musicians interacting with each other, and with audiences from the stage, and often we see them grow and mature into seasoned young adult
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Mountain Fever signs Boone & Foster
Mountain Fever Records has announced the signing of Troy Boone and Aaron "Frosty" Foster to the label. They will record a new album as Boone & Foster, and have known each other since they were in school together in the
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Johnny & the Yooahoos play Bavarian Bluegrass
Johnny & The Yooahoos - photo by Ron Ronson Bavaria may be known to much of the world for its majestic mountains, its celebration of Oktoberfest, its rich cuisine, and a host of oompah bands. So credit Johnny & the Yooahoos
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Revered Jackson drops for Turning Ground
Kentucky's Turning Ground has been making noise in the bluegrass world since winning the First Annual Banjo Island Band competition in 2014. Now signed with Pinecastle Records, the quintet is working on a new album of mostly original material. A debut
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Jeff Parker & Colin Ray sign with Bee Hive Records
Just six months ago, we told you about a new act on the bluegrass scene, Jeff Parker & Colin Ray. Well... they weren't really a new act; Jeff and Colin were already performing together in the Jeff Parker Band. But