Mountain Home Music has released an animated video for their current single from Nashville singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Ashby Frank. It's his cut of The Bug, a song that goes back almost 35 years to British rocker Mark Knopfler. A native
New Jersey's Magnolia Street String Band has utilized their proximity to New York City in their latest music video, which juxtaposes the hectic activity in Times Square with the children's song, Slow Down Rabbit. The band consists of Sheila Vee on
Today Curb Records has released Cherokee Pioneer, the debut album from Pitney Meyer. The album is notable in several ways, not least the fact that a mostly-original, solidly-bluegrass project is out on a major Nashville label, with a full promotional effort
One thing that fiddle player Betsy Heron, banjo player Gretchen Bowder, guitar player Whitney Roy, and bass player Kindsay Lassonde have in common, is their love of Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerard's music, as well as a mutual respect for
As part of their annual fundraising drive, the hosts of Music From the True Vine on KBOO 90.7 FM in Portland, OR, organize a non-stop, eight-hour bluegrass marathon of local bands, each performing a half-hour set, in what has become
Popular syndicated bluegrass radio host Cindy Baucom, whose Knee Deep in Bluegrass show is heard on 70 US terrestrial radio stations and another dozen online, made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday, April 12 as a guest
Peter Thompson in the Vancouver Co-op Radio tape library (c. 1977) Peter Thompson, long time host of the Bluegrass Signal radio program on KALW in San Francisco, CA, has prepared a very special show to celebrate his 50 years as a
Bluegrass photographer Laci Mack has been one of favorites for several years. Not only does she do a wonderful job documenting live performances, both indoors and out, but she is a delight to work with and turns in beautiful images
The IBMA Foundation, which fosters the growth of bluegrass music through educational and philanthropic efforts, has announced the awarding of $13,500 in grants from their Arnold Shultz Fund for 2025. Arnold Shultz was a mentor to Bill Monroe back in Kentucky,
Though bluegrass music has done well in recent years when it comes to jumping in on new tech developments, that wasn't always the case. Back when CDs had already become the standard in the industry, you could still buy 8-track
