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If you are one of the many folks hoping to visit the Mountaineer Opry House in Milton, WV before it closes next month, you have a good chance this Saturday. Valley Health, who has purchased the building which necessitates the Opry's

Doolin’ digs deep into the roots of bluegrass by emulating their origins through their interpretation of traditional Irish music. Their’s is an international brew; formed in Toulouse, France in 2005, the six member musicians combine their skills on guitar, bodhrán,

Rural Rhythm Records has announced a new partnership with Engelhardt Music Group, with the first fruit being a new single released this week by bluegrass singer/songwriter Eddie Sanders. Working with Adam Engelhardt, a renowned engineer and producer in Nashville, is Glen Duncan,

Doyle Lawson at the 2018 Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver festival - photo by Laura Tate Photography Here is the first of several galleries of photos taken by Laura Ridge at last weekend's Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver bluegrass festival at the Denton

Deering has introduced a new model in its Golden Series line called the Rustic Wreath, designed to capture some of the vintage appeal of older instruments in an economy-minded banjo. All of their Golden Series banjos are styled like the old

Drew Matulich, Jeremy Darrow, Roland White, Ty Gilpin, Jon Weisberger, Gina Clowes, Casey Campbell, and Scott Barnett, in the Crossroads studio (May 2018) Roland White has been active in bluegrass on a professional level since the early 1960s, starting with his

I wanted to begin this week by answering some concerns raised in the comments section and elsewhere about some of the contents of my columns, whether it be alleged pinball sexism, or alleged lack of respect for traditional bluegrass lyrics.

Let’s start with this: the Highland Travelers are not just a repackaged version of the Boxcars. Though they’ve retained the recently disbanded group’s three main vocalists and its firm grasp on the modern traditional sound, the Highland Travelers have a

When Blue Highway announced yesterday that Justin Moses was joining the band on reso-guitar, a great many folks wondered, "What is up with Gaven?" Gaven Largent had been playing with the band since late in 2015, and most everyone thought he

The last time we ran into dobro meister Phil Leadbetter was at SPBGMA back in February, he looked fully a decade or two older than his 56 years. Dealing with a nagging hip issue, he was moving slowly around the