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Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa have announced that Keith Arneson will join the group on banjo in May when he retires from the US Navy Band program. Keith and Wayne were bandmates for 15 years when Wayne was leading the Navy's Country

The DC Bluegrass Union has announced that longtime WAMU broadcaster Katy Daley will be the recipient of their 2017 Monument Award. Katy will be presented with her award on Saturday during this weekend's DC Bluegrass Festival, held at the Sheraton

The Monroe Mandolin Camp has announced today the creation of the “Wo-MON Scholarship,” a full scholarship to the camp open to females of any age. The scholarship was created both to honor women in bluegrass music and to encourage girls

Junior Barber, popular and beloved reso-guitarist in upstate New York, passed away earlier today. He was 73 years of age. Junior, who was born as Antoine, was well-known in the dobro community all over the United States. Until the rise of

Poor Mountain Records has announced the signing of noted comedienne and Gospel recording artist Lulu Roman to the label, and will release her first ever bluegrass album later this spring. Still going strong at 70 years of age, Roman is excited

Rosine, Kentucky will soon be home to a museum honoring native son Bill Monroe. A groundbreaking ceremony for the project has been scheduled for May 22 at 10:00 a.m. at the town’s Everett Park. Though a museum honoring the Father of

The acoustic and alternative music worlds were shocked when Louis Jay Meyers died suddenly of a heart attack almost exactly one year ago on March 11, 2016. He was taken by a heart attack at only 61 years of age,

While tooling down the highway heading to the next gig, road musicians have lots of entertainment sources they never used to have: the smart phone, the video game, the iPod, even the book (prior to the 15th century, this luxury

We've been notified of the launch of two new bluegrass groups in the UK, made up of the members from a pair of young family groups in England and Ireland, and some of their hot pickin' friends. If you've followed the

The Good Ol' Persons - photo by Mike Melnyk The Good Ol' Persons, originally an all-female band formed after an open mic session at Berkeley, California’s Freight & Salvage, is to play together one more time - well, four more times,