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Happy post-Christmas/pre-NewYear. I'm spending the holidays in a somewhat remote area of western Canada, where it was necessary to write and send this column in late November, to allow time for it to be delivered by dog sled (with some

Mountain Fever Records has released a new single for Volume Five, the third from their upcoming album, Karma, set to release next week. It's a song called It's Gonna Get Better, written by two of the most celebrated songwriters in bluegrass,

The holidays are a time for families to gather. The young congregate with the not-so-young. It makes for a special occasion when we can appreciate and experience multi-generational love among our relatives. Sometimes, the youngest can become tired, fretful, and not

As we approach Christmas 2022, Chosen Road has another performance video from their current album, Appalachian Christmas. This one is for Ralph Stanley favorite Christmas Is Near, sung by mandolinist Zach Alvis in duet with bassist Josh Hicks, with guitarist Jonathan

I  want to wish you a very merry Christmas coming up this weekend. This is the long-awaited (by almost no one) follow-up to a Christmas Carol-inspired column that ran several years ago about a modern day bluegrass Scrooge, a grouchy,

615 Hideaway Records has announced the signing of noted bluegrass vocalist Jeff Parker and his band to the label. A new recording is expected early in 2023. Parker has had quite a ride in the bluegrass world. A Kentucky native, he

Bluegrass gospel singer, musician and songwriter, Becky Isaacs Bowman, of The Isaacs, was involved in an serious auto accident on Friday near her home in Hendersonville, Tennessee.  She was in a head-on collision which left her with broken bones, requiring emergency

As Jason Fraley exits North Carolina's Deeper Shade of Blue, Milom Williams steps into his position as the band's new mandolinist and baritone singer. DSB's longtime lead singer and guitarist, Troy Pope, shared... "Jason stood beside me for 20 plus years. We

Banjo player Troy Brammer passed away on December 11, 2022, at the age of 90.  Troy Shirley Brammer was born on July 24, 1932, and raised in Patrick County, Virginia, but settled and lived the rest of his years in Collinsville,

In perhaps the most obvious personnel move in bluegrass history, The Grascals have welcomed back founding member Jamie Johnson on guitar and vocals following the recent departure of Chris Davis. Johnson had been involved with the group going back to their