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We wrote a good bit last year about the debut of Portugal's first ever bluegrass festival, the Trafaria Bluegrass Festival, billed as the Festival by the River, along the Tagus River just south of Lisbon. Coastal Portugal offers all the

Punch Brothers with James Taylor and Gabby Moreno at the Audible Theater - photo © Avery Brunkus This past weekend's edition of the Energy Curfew Music Hour, hosted by Punch Brothers, featured James Taylor and Gabby Moreno as special guests. Taylor

Chris Jones & The Night Drivers play the Grand Ole Opry (11/21/23) - photo © Megan Lynch Chowning Just before Thanksgiving, Chris Jones & The Night Drivers had another chance to play the Grand Ole Opry. They were invited on November

The Blue Ridge Center for Music and the Creative Arts will be offering Bluegrass Master Classes in Excellence at the Graves Mountain Farm & Lodges in Syria, VA. These classes are for junior high and high school students in central

Jake Workman with Ricky Skaggs at the 2023 Bloomin' Bluegrass Festival - photo by Nate Dalzell Jake Workman, the superb flatpick guitarist with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, will be offering a four-week online course on bluegrass guitar next month through

CMH Records has announced the initial digital release of a classic Osborne Brothers album, Bluegrass Concerto, from 1979. This album was extremely popular in its day as it was the second of only two all-instrumental album from Bobby and Sonny Osborne,

Mandolinist Mark Stoffel, he of Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, has put together a fun little video for his current Mountain Home Music single, Barnyard Funk. This clever instrumental from Mark's imagination combines bluegrass improv with a funk groove, and

The nominees have been announced for the 2024 Golden Guitar Awards, Australia's biggest celebration of country and bluegrass music. These mark the 52nd presentation of these awards, with winners named during the Tamworth Country Music Festival in January 2024. The

Pennsylvania's Troy Engle continues to define the concept of a solo project with his latest single. As his become his habit, this new track, one Troy wrote called Outrun The Pain, finds him playing all the instruments and singing all

Most people who have followed the work of banjo performer and instructor Bill Evans think of him as a west coast guy. That makes sense, as he has lived most of his adult life in the Bay Area of California. But,