Galax, VA has long been known as a center of bluegrass and old time music. Having hosted the legendary Old Fiddlers Convention each summer for more than eight decades, the city is also home to 98.1 Classic Country radio (WBRF),
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MidWinter Bluegrass Festival continues without Ken Seaman
The 2023 edition of the popular MidWinter Bluegrass Festival, coming up in February in Northglenn, CO, will be the first absent founder and long time organizer, Ken Seaman, who passed away in 2021 after running the event since 1986. Ads
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Great American Bluegrass Jam coming to western Kentucky
The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, KY is taking their mission to spread the word of bluegrass quite literally with a new event in March of 2023. Called The Great American Bluegrass Jam, this weekend affair brings
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Bobby Osborne nights at Legion Post 82 in Nashville
It's not uncommon during the winter months to see top touring acts playing smaller clubs to keep their stage show fresh for when the festival season starts back up in the spring. But we don't often find bluegrass legends in
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PEI Winter Bluegrass Festival in January ’23
The good folks with the Prince Edward Island Bluegrass & Old Time Music Society, who have hosted summer bluegrass festivals in the Canadian Maritimes for 36 years, have announced a new winter event premiering next month. The debut PEI Winter Bluegrass
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Caleb Bailey & Paine’s Run Merry Mountain Christmas
Guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, and bandleader Caleb Bailey hosted the first ever Merry Mountain Christmas celebration December 9-10 in Grottoes, Virginia, where his band, Paine's Run, is based. Music was provided by Shenandoah Drive, Chris Burton, Caleb Cox of the US Navy
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Andy Leftwich & Friends celebrate the season in song
'Tis the season to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas in song, and master musician, Andy Leftwich, and 11 of his family and friends, are in the midst of a holiday-themed tour doing just that. The musical ensemble is comprised
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Grand Opening of Phase 1 of Marty Stuart’s Congress of Country Music
December 8-11 marks the grand opening of the Ellis Theatre and phase one of Marty Stuart's Congress of Country Music in Philadelphia, MS. Thursday, December 8, Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives kick off the four-day event. Friday, December 9,
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Appalachian Road Show makes their Opry debut
Appalachian Road Show on the Grand Ole Opry (11/25/22) - photo by Erick Anderson This past Friday saw the Grand Ole Opry debut for Appalachian Road Show. Though no strangers to the Opry stage in other various ensembles, this first time
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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at Industrial Strength Bluegrass 2022
Joe Mullins reads to children at the Industrial Strength Bluegrass festival - photo © Bill Warren Each November at the Industrial Strength Bluegrass festival the Mullins family and the Radio Ramblers host a charity fundraiser breakfast. This year's was one "for