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Fiddler George Jackson has come a long way in his short life. All the way from New Zealand to Nashville to be exact, where he plys his trade as a member of Missy Raines & The New Hip. Like many schooled

It's been interesting to watch all the different directions into which bluegrass music has expanded. We now have a sub-genre that incorporates traditional country, one that embraces the high energy and stage zaniness of rock, plus the new acoustic style

2019 Pioneers of Missouri Bluegrass: Frank Ray, Alma Curtner (for Herman Beck),  Andy Bressler, Alvin Bressler, Ken Seaman, Cecil Tinnon (for Paul Tinnon) On Friday, January 4, six first generation Missouri musicians were awarded plaques proclaiming them as Pioneers of Missouri Bluegrass Music.

If you've visited the main page of the mega-search site Google this week, you'll have seen this lovely tribute to the great Earl Scruggs at the top of the page. It was created as part of their This Day In History

Mountain Fever Records will release a second single from their upcoming album for Amanda Cook on Tuesday, January 8. It's something of a departure for the Florida-based bluegrass singer, whose previous song was a hard-driving, in-your-face number, You Were Mine. This

Randy Barrett, longtime President of the DC Bluegrass Union, has stepped down after serving for 12 years. But his work in that position was far more than chairing meetings and answering email. He came on the Board during a time of

Sweden's The Original Five, a bluegrass band from Malmö, has released a new single for the title track from their upcoming album Wipe Away Those Years is expected to drop February 1 in all formats on Rootsy Records, and the single

Jolies Letters is an acoustic duo from the city of Rennes in France's Brittany district, a region whose native folk music has much in common with the Celtic strains that informed the creation of bluegrass. Many old time musicians, especially in

Great news for lovers, players, and builders of fine, handmade acoustic guitars! GuitarBench Magazine is back after a hiatus of nearly three years. Initially an online quarterly publication, the magazine launched a bit ahead of the current revolution in web publishing,

Here it is folks... The Top 30 bluegrass songs as reflected by radio play over the course of 2018. This chart was compiled by combining results from our 52 Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay chart reports over the year. How did your favorite