Texas fiddler Ross Holmes has been playing around the edges of bluegrass music for his whole career. Grassers first noticed his highly-technical playing with Cadillac Sky after he made the move to Nashville. When that group dissolved, Holmes found work
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California Report: Tom Rozum, Laurie Lewis’ right hand man
Recent California Bluegrass Association Lifetime Member and Laurie Lewis right hand man, Tom Rozum, discusses his album, playing with Laurie, personal challenges, life in the California music scene, and much more. Playing multiple instruments, Tom is the perfect complement to Laurie's
Charlie Daniels passes after suffering stroke
Charlie Daniels, beloved country rock artist and fiddler, died this morning following what doctors describe as a hemorrhagic stroke. He died at 83 years of age at the Summit Medical Center in Hermitage, TN. His web site offers this brief biography
Ask Sonny Anything… Did you know the Stanley Brothers?
Ask Sonny Anything is a recurring feature where our readers pose questions to the great Sonny Osborne, one half of the iconic Osborne Brothers who redefined bluegrass music in the 1960s, and noted banjo maven and collector of fine prewar
Bristol country music mural to be restored again
For visitors to Bristol, TN/VA, one of the most popular stops is the handprinted mural depicting early country artists who had been recorded by Ralph Peer just down State Street in 1927. It adorns the side of a brick building,
30th Annual Keith Whitley Memorial Ride – Happy Birthday Keith
The 30th Annual Keith Whitley Memorial Ride was held this past weekend in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. The tradition started in 1990, one year after Keith's passing, when a group of Keith's friends and fans decided to ride their motorcycles from Keith's
Moments in Bluegrass BG75 #3 – Becky Buller’s first IBMA
Following an invitation that the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) extended to its members that they share a memory from “75 years of bluegrass,” we thought that we would collect a few to share with you. Becky Buller, an award-winning fiddler,
Hall of Famer J.T. Gray gave bluegrass a home in Nashville
There are a lot of places to find bluegrass in Nashville, but whenever anyone asks me where to go, one destination is always at the top of my list: The Station Inn. The little hole-in-the-wall club in the Gulch has been
2020 IBMA Award nominees announced
Earlier today in Nashville, the International Bluegrass Music Association announced the final nominees for their 31st annual IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards. Also announced were the 2020 inductees into the Bluegrass Music Hall Of Fame, and recipients of the organization's Distinguished
Track Premiere: Still Here from Steve Gulley & Tim Stafford
Mountain Home Music has released the first single from their highly-anticipated sophomore project from Steve Gulley & Tim Stafford. The two celebrated songwriters and vocalists are frequent writing partners and good friends, and their skills line up perfectly as a