We had a bluegrass festival! Since March of this year, and the invasion of COVID-19, bluegrass events and festivals have been all but silenced. Some are having private events and small gatherings, but the places many of us call home for
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Ben Eldridge Week starts today at Bluegrass Stories
Bluegrass Stories, the podcast featuring interviews with bluegrass personalities with Katy Daley and Howard Parker, has reached its sixth series of conversations. The first episode of Series 6 released last week, a discussion with Jen Larson, the Archives Manager at
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Videos from Brotherly Love concert available online
Brotherly Love is a new album from Gaither Music featuring a quartet of prominent artists whose music has regularly crossed country, bluegrass, and Gospel boundaries. Recorded by four good friends - Jimmy Fortune, Bradley Walker, Mike Rogers, and Ben Isaacs
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Cherokee Fiddle – new single from Larry Cordle
And now for something completely different... We have all known Larry Cordle as among the greatest songwriters ever to be involved in bluegrass music. He left his mark on the country world as well, with Highway 40 Blues, a mega-hit for
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Harold Mitchell passes
Harold Michell, bluegrass and old-time music DJ, and MC at Galax Old Fiddlers Convention for many years, passed away on August 5, 2020. Born near Fries, Virginia, and raised in nearby Stevens Creek, he was 82 years old. The radio first
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Track Premiere: Carolina Side from Colebrook Road
Thanks to our friends at Mountain Fever Records, we have a pre-release track premiere today of their upcoming single from Colebrook Road. Carolina Side finds the band in a contemplative mood, with old time banjo and bowed bass helping to flesh
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Bluegrass Hall of Fame to publish Bluegrass Unlimited magazine
Chris Joslin in the Bluegrass Unlimited exhibit at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum Big news today in the bluegrass publishing world. The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum has announced the acquisition of Bluegrass Unlimited, and will take
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One More from Shawn Lane
Shawn Lane, mandolinist, vocalist, and songwriter with Blue Highway, has released a new single from his upcoming project, Shawn Lane: Family & Friends. The song is one he wrote with Ronnie Bowman, One More, which conveys a message many of us
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2020 IBMA Industry and Momentum Awards nominees
The International Bluegrass Music Association has today announced the nominees for their 2020 Industry and Momentum Awards. Unlike the annual IBMA Bluegrass Awards, which are chosen by a ballot of the professional membership of the organization, these nominees are chosen
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Track Premiere: They Don’t Make ‘Em Like My Daddy Anymore from Alecia Nugent
We haven't heard a lot from Alecia Nugent since she moved back home to Louisiana after several years in Nashville in the early aughts. There she recorded several successful bluegrass albums for Rounder Records, in cooperation with producer and co-writer