Bluegrass film/movie news

Last month we received what appeared to be very disturbing news that threatened the restoration of Bluegrass Country Soul, the iconic documentary film treatment of the 1971 Labor Day festival in Camp Springs, NC. In its newsletter at the time it was

Kelley Gibson is the 23-year old son of Eric Gibson of the award-winning Gibson Brothers, and a talented bluegrass musician in his own right.  His father notes that Kelley was, “messing around with little guitars and ukuleles from the time he

Further to our report relating to a set of playing cards that have images from the Bluegrass Country Soul video on the reverse, there is news about the actual DVD.   Bluegrass Country Soul presents the sights and sounds of a

Cortland Ingram, Michael Cleveland, and John Presley at the Flamekeeper premiere - photo by Peyton Hoge To celebrate the upcoming streaming release of Flamekeeper: The Michael Cleveland Story, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville hosted a star-studded

Michael Shannon with Richard D. Smith, author of Can't You Hear Me Callin' The Bill Monroe biopic, first announced back in 2012 and based on the Richard D. Smith book, Can't You Hear Me Callin', is very much still an ongoing

The Mountain Music Project, a film about a pair of bluegrass musicians who visited Nepal to meet and jam with folk musicians in that Asian nation, is now available as part of Amazon Prime. Subscribers to Amazon's service can rent

Nearly 60 years into a celebrated career, Dolly Parton has released her 5th soundtrack album for a major motion picture. This time it's for Dumplin', a Netflix original film based on the 2015 best-selling young adult novel of the same

Kris Wheeler, co-director of the feature film, Revival: The Sam Bush Story, has announced that the project has been accepted for distribution by Amazon, and will be available for rent or purchase there starting November 1. That means that Amazon Prime

Ahead of their upcoming Golden Anniversary restored edition of Bluegrass Country Soul, the filmmakers have created a special set of playing cards using still images from the film on the back. The 1971 feature-length film chronicled the happenings at Carlton Haney's

First time documentary film maker Shane Leonard is seeking funding for a project to be called Mandolin Rain, which will tell the story of successful mandolin luthier Jonathan McClanahan of West Virginia. If you play mandolin, or follow the mando scene