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Bluegrass Today would like to wish all of our American readers a happy Memorial Day! We hope you are able to spend some time with your family to enjoy the day, and reflect a bit about the many sacrifices borne

Long running folk and old time duo Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer have added a third, and rebranded for a new album with singer/songwiter and multi-instrumentalist Sam Gleaves. The three met at the Common Ground On The Hill instructional camp, and

Mountain Home Music has released a new single for NewTown, and a music video at the same time. NewTown is among the most consistently satisfying groups in our music, always finding strong material that suits their many talents. With two primary

West coast trad grassers Windy Hill are promoting their fourth album, Live from The Ratz Nest, with a home-style video of one of the tracks. The San Francisco quintet specializes in original bluegrass in a 1950s and '60s style. Ryan Breen

The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the participants in their 2018 Songwriters Showcase, to take place in Raleigh, NC during the World Of Bluegrass convention in September. The Showcase puts the selected writers in front of dozens of artists, producers,

It's been a while since we've heard from our Australian mates with Mustered Courage. The Melbourne-based grass rockers had made several trips to the US, with audiences here in the States reacting warmly to their rock-inflected bluegrass sound. Back home they

One of early Country music’s most flamboyant characters was Uncle Dave Macon, born David Harrison Macon, but better-known as "The Dixie Dewdrop." Known for his chin whiskers, plug hat, gold teeth and gates-ajar collar - old-time banjo player, singer, songwriter and

The last time we ran into dobro meister Phil Leadbetter was at SPBGMA back in February, he looked fully a decade or two older than his 56 years. Dealing with a nagging hip issue, he was moving slowly around the

Bluegrass songstress Dale Ann Bradley was honored this past weekend as a 2018 inductee into the Kentucky Music Hall Of Fame. The ceremony was held at the Renfro Valley Park, where Bradley had performed many times in the early days of

A new collection of John Hartford's music, John Hartford’s Mammoth Collection of Fiddle Tunes, is set for release on June 4 from StuffWorks Press. Compiled and narrated by Matt Combs, Katie Harford Hogue and Greg Reish, the book contains 176 of