Here's yet another benefit scheduled in support of those who suffered losses during the November wildfires that raged through parts of east Tennessee. Smoky Mountain Strong will be held February 10-11 in Pigeon Forge, TN with ticket proceeds going to the
One of the most popular annual features of this column, second only to every other annual feature, is our review of the year’s most boring stories. The end of December and January are all about recapping the previous year in chart
The Churchmen, one of the most enduring and successful bluegrass Gospel groups still touring, have announced the addition of Avery Welter on guitar. He steps in for David Guthrie, who has spent the past ten years running the roads with
Today's times call for fresh, new, cutting edge ideas. Who will be the first of the group to get the latest iPhone? What's the best recording equipment to date? Who will create the newest lick or write a song unlike
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the hiring of Amy Beth Hale as their new Member Services Director. She has worked in and around bluegrass, country, and Americana music for years, serving recently as Director of Writer/Publisher Relations at SESAC
Alice Gerrard's is a name spoken frequently when discussing bluegrass over the past 50 years. She is viewed as a pioneer for women in old time and mountain music at a time when it was far less common professionally than
The Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America has announced the winners of their 43rd annual Midwest Bluegrass Music Awards. The awards were given out at the end of their 34th Midwest Convention, held January 13-14 at the
Through the work of a number of dedicated volunteers, most notably Pam Pruett and Chipper Covington, funds have been raised to erect a custom headstone and footstone at the place where James King was laid to rest last year. We lost
Ah... the inevitable pull of bluegrass music. We reported a few months back that Brent Pack had left Hammertowne, a band he had helped found with Dave Carroll in Kentucky some years back. He gave his notice in order to accept
What does Belgian bluegrass sound like, you might ask? Well according to this newly-released video from Zonhoven's Suncourt Ramblers, it sounds pretty much like it does everywhere else in the world. The Ramblers assembled around a single microphone to cut this
