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The old Lewis Family Bus at the 2024 Little Roy and Lizzy Festival - photo © Sandy Hatley The first weekend in May ushered in the 11th annual Little Roy and Lizzy Bluegrass Festival in their hometown of Lincolnton, GA. The

Jim Mills, one of the most celebrated banjo players of his generation, and a noted vintage instrument trader, has died of a heart attack at his home in Durham, NC on May 3. He was 57 years of age. Though most

Tim Raybon is getting a head start on Memorial Day this year, treating May as Memorial Month, with a timely remake of a Trace Adkins album cut in tribute to our fallen service members. Pinecastle Records won't release the single for

Jerry Douglas with The Earls of Leicester at MerleFest 2024 - photo © Bryce LaFoon Here is another gallery of photos taken by Bryce LaFoon at MerleFest last weekend. He was there the whole time, and we have more of his

There's a tradition here of publishing at least one bluegrass haiku column per year. I've usually taken presidential election years off because even short-form poetry about leaves and clouds is controversial and divisive in these years ("Is that a reference

Doug McKelway and Frank Wakefield Doug McKelway is a good friend to Bluegrass Today, an experienced television newscaster, and a bluegrass banjo player. He was also a good friend to mandolin maestro Frank Wakefield, who died last week in New York.

Distinctive bluegrass mandolin stylist Frank Wakefield died on April 26 at his home in Saratoga Springs, NY. He was 89 years of age. Born Franklin Delano Wakefield on June 26, 1934 in Emory Gap in east Tennessee, his family moved to

This is a great day to be a bluegrass fan. There is so much strong new music being released today, we could post nothing but new singles, and still not hit them all. Let's go first to a perennial favorite, The

Eddie Sanders, John Cowan, and Scott Vestal as Cowan signs with True Lonesome Celebrated bluegrass artist John Cowan, he of New Grass Revival and John Cowan Band fame, has been announced as the newest artist signed with True Lonesome Records. They

Mason Via - photo © Michael Weintrob Young bluegrass singer and songwriter Mason Via has announced his departure from Old Crow Medicine Show, after spending the past three years touring and recording with the band. At the same time, he has