Unlikely as it may seem, 30 years have passed since Keith Whitley left us following a career that began with a gawky, bespectacled youth recreating with Ricky Skaggs the Stanley Brothers’ bluegrass music harmonies of the Columbia and Mercury years,
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Hurricane Rain video from Ray Cardwell
Bonfire Recording has released a new music video for Ray Cardwell, featuring one of the songs on his upcoming album, Stand On My Own. The song is one that Ray wrote with our own Terry Herd called Hurricane Rain. It tells
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As Tony Sees It – A Conversation with Tony Rice
Jan Johansson, fiddler in the North Carolina Triangle region, has posted a lengthy interview with his friend, Tony Rice. Swedish born, Jan moved to the US in 1986, and has worked as a teacher and player there ever since. Rice, of
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Point Of No Return video from Amanda Cook
Mountain Fever has followed up their latest single for Amanda Cook, Point Of No Return, with a music video. It was shot in the studio while they were cutting this next record, set for release this week. Point Of No Return is
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Bluegrass Stories podcast launches with Katy Daley and friends
What immediately follows when a group of retired friends get together? They start telling stories, of course. And if they have worked a full life in and around bluegrass, they will be bluegrass stories. If one of them is a recognized
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Pictures Mean A Whole Lot More video from Hammertowne
Hammertowne has added a music video to their latest single, a song that is already touching hearts across the bluegrass world. Titled Those Pictures Mean A Whole Lot More These Days, it tells of how mementos of loved ones take on
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Billy Droze wins Inspirational Country Music Award
Last night in Nashville, the Inspirational Country Music Association handed out their 2019 Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House. The Association exists to "broaden and echo the message of Faith, Family and Country in the mainstream marketplace and to
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Hatch Show Print celebrates its 140th birthday
Hatch Show Print, one of the oldest working letterpress poster and design shops in North America, and an American institution, celebrates its milestone 140th birthday this month. Their instantly recognizable concert posters for early bluegrass artists are among the more collectible
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Track Premiere: Pilgrim’s Prayer from The Family Sowell
The Family Sowell has created a music video to showcase their new single, Pilgrim's Prayer, one co-written by the band with Mark Rossi. It's the sort-of title track from their current Texas To Tennessee album, a song about the family's
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Let Me Know video from Duck Wallow Lane
From the time we launched Bluegrass Today in 2011, one of our goals has been to highlight talented young people in bluegrass music. There are a good many of them out there, all over the world, and it is exciting