It started as a lark. John Lawless and Brance Gillihan would find themselves talking about politics and the 2004 presidential election during their spare time working on bluegrass music teaching videos for John’s company, AcuTab. Sometimes the conversation drifted to
At a press conference earlier this morning aired on SiriusXM's Bluegrass Junction, the International Bluegrass Music Association announced the final nominees for their 2017 International Bluegrass Music Awards, along with this year's Hall Of Fame Inductees and Distinguished Achievement Award recipients.
I want to describe a scene at a typical bluegrass concert or festival that will probably be familiar to both artist and fan, and it may cause each to shudder just a little: A fan walks up to a performer while
As more and more women get bitten by the bluegrass bug, we are seeing groups pop up around the country to assist them in learning to play the music. Murphy Henry hosts an all-female banjo camp this weekend in Winchester,
What began as a gig for Monica Taylor at the Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival, (which is held in Guthrie, OK), was actually a great opportunity knocking on her door. Robin Macy’s mom, after hearing Monica perform, said “You should meet
Stephen Mougin with his 2016 Momentum Award for Mentor of the Year Stephen Mougin, guitarist with the Sam Bush Band and engineer, owner, and operator at Dark Shadow Recording, has announced that he has stepped down from his position as Director
Debi Evans, Ernie Evans, Josh Griffin, and Isaac Taylor with The Florida State Bluegrass Band The Florida State Bluegrass Band has been the chief performance vehicle for multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Ernie Evans, and his wife and band mate Debi, since he
It’s been a little while since we’ve had new music from Nu-Blu, the North Carolina-based band headed up by husband-and-wife team Daniel and Carolyn Routh. Their last album, All the Way, came out back in 2014, with hit single That’s
Compass Records has released a video for Where I Stand, the debut single from their upcoming self-titled album from Old Salt Union. The Union is another modern string band that came to prominence by winning the FreshGrass band competition, back in
Jimmy Bowen has worn a number of hats in his career as an entertainer and performer. He played mandolin with The Country Gentlemen for almost a decade starting in the early '80s, then worked with David Parmley, Scott Vestal &
