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Craig Havighurst with Dale Ann Bradley and C.J. Lewandowski at the WOB Keynote Address - photo © Frank Baker Dale Ann Bradley grew up in a Primitive Baptist Church where her father was the preacher and musical instruments were not allowed. Then

And so it begins... Once again, a large portion of the bluegrass industry is assembling today in Raleigh, NC for the International Bluegrass Music Association's annual convention, World of Bluegrass. If you are involved in this sort of music professionally, this

A new program is scheduled to debut this fall on several PBS television affiliates, with a close association to bluegrass music. Titled The Life Of A Musician, the show is hosted by Brandon Adams, noted flatpicker and acoustic music performer,

The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour, an all-volunteer-run non-profit Kentucky-based organization that is a worldwide multimedia celebration of grassroots music, is expanding. Filmed in front of a live audience, the one-hour musical conversation focusing on artists and their music has always

Vivian Pennington Hopkins, president of the North Carolina Bluegrass Music Association, has passed the baton to Steve Leatherwood of Shelby, NC.  "I'm thrilled to have Steve serve as president. He and a new slate of officers have brought new ideas and

The greater Washington, DC area has been home for many great musicians in the worlds of bluegrass and country musics over the years, but it has also been the home of some truly pioneering and influential radio waves, personalities, and

Hot off the presses this month (September 2022) is the biography, Traveler: The Musical Odyssey of Tim O'Brien by award-winning biographer Bobbie Malone and premier country music historian Bill C. Malone.  For five decades, as a singer, musician, songwriter, and producer,

A new Julia Golonka film about IBMA Hall of Fame member Hazel Dickens takes its title from Dickens' powerful anthem Don’t Put Her Down, You Helped Put Her There, and explores how she, along with her musical partner Alice Gerrard, became

Celebrated South Carolina banjo player Todd Taylor has released a single for his instrumental arrangement of the gospel classic Amazing Grace, as transcribed in his Hal Leonard book, Todd Taylor's Gospel Banjo. Since he was a preteen, Taylor has been performing all

Over Labor Day weekend, the 2022 Grand Master Fiddler Championship was held at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville. This competition brings out the very best fiddlers in the country, going head to head each year at this