Retired WSM Grand Ole Opry photographer extraordinaire Les Leverett passed away on June 2, 2023. He was 96 years old. Leverett took some of the most historical images in country music history, with his photographs adorning over 200 album covers, winning
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Alison Brown talks On Banjo… and Alison Brown
Alison Brown may have taken a chance by opting to release an all-instrumental album. After all, songs that don't have singing aren't always the most promising prospects when it comes to garnering commercial consideration. Nevertheless, as one of today's most
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Buddy Griffin – 2023 West Virginia Music Hall of Fame inductee
Buddy Mason Griffin is a notable West Virginia banjo and fiddle player who has demonstrated his talents on stages extending from Wheeling's Jamboree USA (WWVA) to Branson, Missouri, and the Grand Ole Opry. This weekend, he will be inducted into the
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IBMA announces Bluegrass Ramble artists for ’23 World of Bluegrass
The International Bluegrass Music Association has today announced the artists who will be invited to showcase during the 2023 World of Bluegrass convention, as part of the annual Bluegrass Ramble in Raleigh, NC. Each act selected will have the opportunity
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Bazemore Bluegrass Band takes 2023 KSMU Youth in Bluegrass competition
This past Saturday (May 27) saw the 21st edition of the KSMU Youth in Bluegrass Band Contest, held at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO. The annual competition seeks to find the best young bluegrass band in the country through
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Photos from Friday at the 2023 Tony Rice Memorial Day Musicfest
The Church Sisters with Caroline Owens at Camp Springs (5/26/23) - photo © Jeromie Stephens Jeromie Stephens braved the rain this past weekend for the Tony Rice Memorial Day Musicfest at Camp Springs in North Carolina. He shared a good many
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I Can’t Stand Me – new single from The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys
Sound Biscuit Records is the home for the latest release from The Po' Ramblin' Boys, a bluegrass mashup of two country classics from Merle Haggard and Lefty Frizzell. Featuring guitarist Josh Rinkel on the lead vocal, this new track combines Haggard's
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Earl’s Granada makes it to the Country Music Hall of Fame
On Monday afternoon, the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum officially accepted the donation of Earl Scruggs' iconic Granada banjo into their permanent collection. This is the legendary banjo that Earl obtained in a swap with Don Reno in 1949,
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Meet Dr. Rodney Dillard!
On May 19, Rodney Dillard, the lone surviving original member of The Dillards, who introduced bluegrass music, Ozark style, to America on television in the 1960s as the Darling family on The Andy Griffith Show, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate
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Stolen banjo finds its way home after 42 years
David Luttrell with Karl Smakula, who ended up with his stolen banjo Mississippi banjoist David Luttrell's original pre-war Gibson RB-00 banjo was stolen in 1981. After a 42 year search and a bit of luck, the two were recently reunited. "That was