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Sarah Jarosz at Bell's Brewery in Kalamazoo, MI (7/11/24) - photo © Bryan Bolea Despite a sketchy weather forecast, a near capacity crowd of ardent Sarah Jarosz fans filled Bell's Brewery's outdoor venue in Kalamazoo, MI long before she took the

The McReynolds family, extended relations of the pioneering bluegrass entertainers Jim & Jesse, are asking for your help in raising sufficient funds to restore and rehabilitate the childhood home of Jim and Jesse McReynolds in southwestern Virginia. The two brothers grew

This run down of the results from the resurrected fiddlers convention in Union Grove, NC - with a huge gallery of photos - is a contribution from Bethany Prevette. Photos were taken by Katie Lohff. The first annual Carolina Hills Fiddle

Herb Applin, New England bluegrass pioneer from the 1960s, has died. He passed away quietly at Sunny Acres Nursing and Rehab in Chelmsford, MA on June 29, surrounded by his family. He was 86 years of age. Born Henry Herbert Applin

It’s always a joyous occasion when The Del McCoury Band releases a new album. A living legend in bluegrass music, McCoury has done anything but rest on his laurels. Not only is the Del McCoury Band still actively touring, but

Joe Bonsall with his banjo - photo © Jarret Gaza The Oak Ridge Boys have announced the passing of their long time tenor singer, Joe Bonsall, from complications of ALS, known to many as Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 76 years

Danny Reid Carter, the guitar playing half of the Nashville duo, The Carter Brothers, died on June 30 in Jamestown, NC. He was 71 years of age. With brother Tim on banjo, The Carter Brothers played a rockin' brand of newgrass,

Lifelong fiddler Randall Collins died on June 27, surrounded by those he loved. He was 84 years of age. Randall was said to have picked up the fiddle when he was seven years old, living in his hometown of Blairsville, GA.

As mentioned last week, our recent discussion of epitaphs leads us right to a topic we've never tackled here before: the afterlife. In this divided and argumentative time, this can devolve quickly into theological debates about "soul sleep," or what

Bluegrass singer and bandleader Cliff Waldron, early musical partner of Bill Emerson, and one of the leading lights of the 1960s and '70s bluegrass scene in and around Washington, DC, died yesterday in Virginia. He was 83 years of age. A