This report on Special Consensus' 2017 tour of the UK is a contribution from bandleader and banjo picker Greg Cahill. Special C embarked on our bi-annual tour of Ireland/England/Wales/Scotland on January 9 for a 26 concurrent day performance schedule. Rick, Dan
That pair of Nashville scamps, The Darrell Brothers, are back with a new song, this time with an eye towards getting themselves featured on the NPR Tiny Desk Concerts series. The boys gather 'round the tiny desk with their kinfolk for
Cheryl McClellan has joined the team at Still Blue Entertainment, a company formed initially to represent Jeff Brown & Still Lonesome. Since launching with that focus, the agency has also taken on publicity for the James Wimmer Bristol Bluegrass Spring
The American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City has announced the 2017 inductees for their ABM Hall of Fame. The Museum and the Hall was initially created to highlight the history of the tenor banjo in American music, but has since been
How’s your skill behind a lens? If you’re one of those folks whose bluegrass festival packing list always includes a camera, the International Bluegrass Music Association is looking for you. The organization has issued a call to its members for
Here's a happy bluegrass story for a Thursday evening. Whitney Perkins, reso-guitarist with Josh Grigsby and County Line, is now engaged to Kevin Edwards. The pair have been dating for several years. No wedding date has yet been set. The couple live
We received this statement earlier today from Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers. It came by carrier pigeon, hence the delayed release. Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers announced Tuesday that they will not perform at Friday's inauguration. "We have decided to do
Peterson Tuners has introduced the latest addition to their line of high-quality, digital strobe tuners just in time for the Anaheim NAMM Show. The StroboClip HD incorporates many of the professional features offered in their StroboPLUS HD tabletop digital tuner, but
In light of the recent success of a similar campaign slogan, I decided to shamelessly adopt it for bluegrass. Hey, if it can do for bluegrass what it did for the President elect, then the music world is about to
The International Bluegrass Music Association in Nashville has announced the participants in their 2017 Leadership Bluegrass class. Members selected for this three-day program held at BMI headquarters are chosen from a pool of applicants each year to attend the intensive
