This past weekend, Rhonda Vincent had a number of special guests join her on stage during her Christmas in Branson shows at The Mansion Theatre for the Performing Arts in Branson, MO. Josh Shilling was on hand to share Christmas cheer,
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James Easter passes
James Easter, the last surviving member of bluegrass Gospel group, The Easter Brothers, passed away on December 10, 2021. He was 89 years of age and had been admitted to hospital on November 29, 2021, then moved to ICU after
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Angeline – new single and video from Jimmy Yeary
Jimmy Yeary has a music video to share for the second single from his forthcoming bluegrass album on the RBR Entertainment label. It's for Angeline, a driving contemporary bluegrass number Jimmy wrote with Billy Droze and Chris Myers, about a man
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Dixieland Delight – new release from Dave Adkins
Mountain Fever Records has released a new single today for Dave Adkins, taken from his upcoming bluegrass project with the label. It's a cover of Alabama's smash hit Dixieland Delight, which Dave has transformed into a bluegrass song, supported by Aaron
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Merle Monroe is now The Tim Raybon Band
Merle Monroe, the popular bluegrass band founded by Tim Raybon and Daniel Grindstaff, is rebranding as The Tim Raybon Band going into 2022. It's not as a result of any fallout between Tim and Daniel, or Daniel leaving the group, as
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Pete Corum passes
Photo of Pete Corum on the left courtesy of Jim Beaver. Pete Corum, perhaps best known for his time with bluegrass great Lester Flatt & the Nashville Grass during the mid-1970s, passed away on December 1, 2021. He was 73. From Burlington,
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Gary Scruggs passes
Gary Scruggs, Grammy winner, songwriter, musician, and eldest son of the late Earl and Louise Scruggs, passed away on December 1, 2021. He was 72 years of age. Gary Eugene Scruggs who was born on May 18, 1949, in Knoxville, Tennessee,
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Larry Sparks hits a home run at Bluegrass Christmas in the Smokies
Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers at the 2021 Bluegrass Christmas in the Smokies - photo © Bill Warren Playing to a sold-out crowd in the Sevierville Convention Center, Larry Sparks and his band, The Lonesome Ramblers, stepped up to the
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More from opening day at Christmas in the Smokies
Following last year's shutdown due to the global pandemic, Lorraine Jordan was happy to return for the 10th year of her Christmas in the Smokies Bluegrass Festival. Lorraine's 91-year-old, motorcycle-riding dad, Royce Jordan, co-MCed Wednesday night's festivities with Highway 40 Bluegrass's
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Earl Scruggs Music Festival set to debut in 2022
The ill-fated debut of the Earl Scruggs Music Festival is now set for September 2022. This large scale event, designed to bring together fans of bluegrass, old time, Americana, and Piedmont blues music, was announced to great fanfare in 2019,