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Irish sibling grassers Cup O'Joe are back with a new video from their current EP, Bluebirds. This time it's the title track featuring lead vocals from brothers Benjamin and Reuben Agnew. Their younger sister Tabitha provides banjo and joins them on

Truegrass Entertainment has announced the signing of Billie Renee' Johnson to the label. Her latest album, Billie Renee' - Songs from the Heart, is due for release on Truegrass February 17. An east Kentucky native, Johnson grew up singing with her

Lorraine Jordan sent us this report from Garrett Newton's album release event at her coffeehouse over the weekend. Newton is a talented teen banjo player that Lorraine has championed this young man's music career and takes him along with her

The 10th annual Northern California Bluegrass Awards were given out over the weekend at the Bluegrass On Broadway Festival in Redwood City. Winners are chosen by the membership of the Northern California Bluegrass Society, and represent the top bluegrass performers

The second Rock Crusher Canyon Bluegrass Festival was held in Crystal River, Florida on Saturday. It is put on by Dave Elliot and Tin Roof Shack Productions. The festival featured all Florida-based groups. The first band up was the winner of

Mountain Faith, the spunky little band that could from western North Carolina, has typically been a fixture at the SPBGMA national convention in Nashville each February. Since they were a true family band back in their early days, when Summer

David Parmley has announced the addition of Steve Thomas to his touring band, Cardinal Tradition. Steve will take the spot recently vacated by Doug Bartlett on mandolin, who had to leave the group to help out with a family health crisis

This report from the 2017 Anaheim NAMM show comes from Daniel Routh, guitarist and vocalist with Nu-Blu. The band spent four days there earlier this month, where they represent their sponsor, Peterson Tuners, and bluegrass music, giving Daniel a chance

In today’s music world, where the boundaries between genres are ever blurrier, many artists choose to step outside of their musical comfort zone and record an album in a different style. Sometimes they take a huge leap – Steven Tyler,

Patton Wages, banjo player with Volume Five, is producing a tablature book with all the solos and selected backup from their Drifter and Voices albums. The transcriptions were created by Russell Sawler, who has done tabs for numerous JD Crowe