The Clay Hess Band has announced that Brady Wallen will begin touring with them on banjo, effective immediately. Brady is from Williamsburg, KY, and is currently studying in the Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State
Bluegrass music lost one of its most iconic characters and soulful mountain-style singers with the passing of Dave Evans on Sunday evening, June 25. He was 65 years of age. Evans had given much of his life to bluegrass, developing a
Rebel Records has announced a new single from Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, the first from their upcoming album, The Story We Tell. This first single has a Western theme, The Long Gone Out West Blues, and comes from Canadian
The Darrell Webb Band has announced a change in representation. They are now working with Grass Is Blue Entertainment, run by Ryan Frankhouser. Ryan is the guitarist for Remington Ryde, based in south/central Pennsylvania. He also manages the Remington Ryde Bluegrass
Surely one of the most beloved characters in the bluegrass and old time scene in the Blue Ridge region this past 20 years was the late Bobby Martin, known at festivals, jams, and conventions as The Bluegrass Drummer. His was
Shelby Jewell, who founded The Bluegrass Kinsmen back in the early 1970s, passed away on June 17 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 80 years of age. The Kinsmen were launched in 1971 by Shelby and his brother, Ebby, who
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the largest and primary campus of the 17 that make up the UNC system, is advertising now for a banjo instructor in their Music Department. This addition is part of their Bluegrass Initiative,
Mason Wright is the new fiddler with Audie Blaylock and Redline. The Rocky Mount, VA native has been playing fiddle since he was a young boy, performing with his family band, The Wright Kids. After attending college at the Shenandoah Conservatory,
Nathan Stanley has released a debut single from his upcoming album, Controversial Man, due next week on the Stanley Music Group label. The track is Why Do We Walk So Blind, written by Jason Armes, a poignant ballad of redemption and
The Stockdale Family: Calvin, Jacob, James, and Tim The Stockdale Family, who have played bluegrass together in Canton, OH for many years, made the news today for a horrendous murder/suicide that occurred on their family farm in Stark County yesterday. Sheriff's