With 2025 being the 50th anniversary of one of the most trend-setting albums in bluegrass history, the original J.D. Crowe & The New South, or simply Rounder 0044, as it is known to pickers, industry folks, and deeply invested fans,
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New band for Molly Tuttle
Molly Tuttle has announced the dissolution of her current touring band, Golden Highway, and will be out with a new group this summer. Several of her current Golden Highway bandmates are actively pursuing solo careers this year, particularly fiddler Bronwyn Keith-Hynes
Lauren Price Napier and her Gilchrist mandolin
Many thanks to Lauren Price Napier of The Price Sisters for allowing us to publish this remembrance of hers. Most of us know the fascination with some ideal that seems impossible to obtain. It could be a vintage Mustang, or some
Barry Poss passes
Barry Poss, co-founder and longtime owner of Sugar Hill Records, died just after midnight this morning at the Duke Medical Center in Durham, NC. He was 79 years of age at his passing from complications of multiple myeloma. A native of
Turnberry Records sets up shop near Nashville
Donna Ulisse, Andrea Roberts, Dr. Roy Young, Keith Barnacastle, and Rebekah Speerwith Turnberry Records at their new office space in Lebanon, TN Turnberry Records has packed up their belongings and inventory, and moved the company offices from Rancho Mirage, CA, where
Nolichucky – new music from Tennessee Bluegrass Band
Today, Tennessee Bluegrass Band debuts their first single, Nolichucky, with their new band configuration. Lincoln Hensley, banjoist, and Tim Laughlin, mandolinist, welcomed three new members into the fold in the summer of 2024. Young North Carolina bluegrass brothers, Jacob and
Jesus Sweet Jesus from Mark Houser
Mark Houser is one of those people who are an inspiration to everyone around them, both for his clear-eyed faith and his determination against great odds. A bluegrass lover of many years - he's a cousin to Lester Flatt, how
From The Side of the Road… pronoun reversal in bluegrass songs
Quite a few years ago now, Pete Wernick came up with the concept of the pronoun/role reversal in classic bluegrass songs and suggested I write a column about it, which I promptly did. As I wrote about previously, one of his
Nothing Like Trouble from Liam Purcell
Liam Purcell is one busy young man. A recent graduate of the Berklee College of Music, he leads his own bluegrass group, Cane Mill Road, and in addition, has a solo recording career outside of the band. Living now in Nashville,
Pop Baldridge passes
Bobby Joe "Pop" Baldridge, 79, patriarch of the Goldwing Express, passed away on May 2 in Ozark, Missouri after a courageous battle with cancer. Pop was the definition of a true entertainer: singer, picker, and hilarious comedian and jokester. His