Events

It's time again to get those applications ready for the annual KSMU Youth in Bluegrass Band Contest, held each year during the Bluegrass & BBQ festival at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO. Restricted to young bluegrass groups 21 and under, this

“Ask me about the Stanley Brothers." That is the legend on the pocket of Gary Reid’s crisp, white shirt. So, did the Stanley Brothers do any shows in Arizona? Regardless of the answer, Reid, a Stanley Brothers enthusiast since his teenage years,

This past Saturday night (January 30) modern bluegrass music held forth at Nashville's City Winery. The occasion was a concert by The John Cowan Band, which on Saturday included Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Tyler Collins, Graham Russell, Shad Cobb, and Ed Toth

West Virginia's Circa Blue is delighted to announce that they are bringing a top flight bluegrass festival to their home base of Martinsburg. Circa Blue Fest, scheduled for May 6-8, 2016, will be hosted in cooperation with The Child Safe Center, an

Bluegrass lovers in the Piedmont area of North Carolina are getting together this weekend to honor one of their own, Bob Shue of Concord. Shue has been a major figure in the bluegrass community in central North Carolina since the 1960s,

The 40th Jekyll Island Bluegrass festival, hosted by Norman and Judy Adams, kicked off with Volume 5. This group has rapidly become a festival favorite on the bluegrass circuit. The Gary Waldrep band continued its string of consecutive appearances on the Jekyll stage.

It might not seem like an obvious pairing, but the more John Cowan described his upcoming tour with Darin & Brooke Aldridge, the more sense it made. We spoke to the former New Grass Revival vocalist/bassist and current Doobie Brother earlier

Sell out crowds enjoyed the holidays early in Pigeon Forge, TN with the Christmas in the Smokies Bluegrass Festival, December 9-12. Lorraine Jordan and Carolina Road served as the host band and Royce Jordan returned as emcee for the 19th annual

I think we all enjoy buying toys for Christmas, even if we don't have small children of our own. We can all recall the excitement of finding a new toy under the tree as children, and the fun of watching our

Bill Warren was a busy boy over the weekend, taking in (and photographing) two different bluegrass events in his part of the world. On Friday, December 4th the Kentuckians of Michigan hosted a meeting and jam session of the Southeast Michigan Bluegrass