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For many bluegrass followers in the US, our first introduction to Garret K. Woodward was when his name showed up as a nominee for the 2016 Bluegrass Print/Media Person of the Year award from the International Bluegrass Music Association. But

Molly Tuttle has been turning heads in the bluegrass and acoustic music world for quite some time, since she was a teen banjo picker with her family band in California. Now a graduate of the Berklee College of Music in

Big Sadie, a modern string band from Chicago, has released a music video for Danny, one of the tracks on their recently-released debut album, Keep Me Waiting. The group is based around the singing and songwriting of bassist Elise Bergman, and

Persistence can count for a lot, even when skills may be lacking. But when you add that diligence to passion, opportunity, and capability, great things can happen. In bluegrass we find many examples of people who dedicate time and energy to

The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced its selections for the 2017 Songwriter Showcase, to be held at this year’s World of Bluegrass in Raleigh. Participants in the showcase are chosen by the IBMA’s Songwriter Showcase Committee from material submitted

The acoustic music scene in Boston has changed quite a bit this past ten years or so. Already a hub for gifted, young classical and jazz musicians studying at the city's premiere universities, the recent willingness of both Berklee and

Old Salt performs at EWOB 2017 - photo by Jos van der Lelie The twentieth European World Of Bluegrass Festival and Convention was held this weekend in Voorthuizen, The Netherlands. All ingredients were there for a huge celebration. Many of the

We've written many times of late about the expansion plans at the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY. Through the diligent efforts of their board of directors, state and local municipal leaders, and a large number of generous donors,

Many of us in the United States often think of bluegrass as an American music, or even just a Southern music. However, as quite a few prominent bands, scholars, and even the name of our trade association will tell us,

As previously reported, ground-breaking for the Bill Monroe Museum to be erected on land at a site in the Everett Park in Rosine, Kentucky, took place as scheduled on Tuesday morning, May 22, 2017.   The event, more ceremonial than the