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Last July we reported on an estate sale in Gallatin, Tennessee, where almost one thousand items once owned by either Bill or James Monroe were being sold at auction. It gave Monroe's fans the chance to take a bit of

Organic Records, an imprint of the Crossroads Music group in North Carolina, has signed San Francisco's Front Country to the label. Their second album, Other Love Songs, has been announced as an Organic release scheduled for April. Front Country is an

The 2017 edition of the Yee Haw Junction Bluegrass Festival kicked off before we arrived on site. The Darrel Webb band performed Tuesday evening. Wednesday saw a potluck for early arrivals. Greg Bird then hosted an open mic session in

For someone who came of age in the 1970s, one of the things I miss most on the contemporary scene is the old style fiddle albums that were so prevalent in the '60s and '70s. The top bowmen of the

Bluegrass folks have been prominent in the recent efforts to help raise money for the relief of residents of East Tennessee whose homes, properties, and livelihoods were damaged in the fast moving wildfires that ravaged areas around Gatlingburg and Pigeon

The International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY has announced the hiring of Danny Clark as their Membership and Special Events Manager. This new position was created to help grow the membership of the organization, develop special events at the

Veteran readers of this Wednesday column may recall that around New Year’s Day (that is to say sometime between December 26th and the first day of Spring), I present an annual bluegrass knowledge test, known officially as the “Bluegrass Knowledge

Acoustic guitarists Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge have released a live music video of Bone Collector, the opening track from their upcoming album, Mount Royal. Like the new record, it features the two steel string virtuosos performing together in a

Arthur Hatfield, builder of Hatfield Banjos, has donated one of his Buck Creek models to the folks at the Shepherdsville Music Barn. The banjo, valued at $2700, will be offered in a raffle to benefit the Wounded Warrior project. This is

Longtime bluegrass lovers will recall the buzz that accompanied the release of the first album from The Steeldrivers in 2008. The self-titled project on Rounder featured a new sound in the bluegrass world, and was the first introduction for most