Bluegrass Today expresses our grief on the passing of Mark Giejda, husband of bluegrass artist and valued client, Cindy G. Many folks noted Cindy's absence during the recent World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh last month, especially with her new Moonshiner's
Andy Goessling on stage with Railroad Earth - photo © Dylan Langille Andy Goessling, co-founder and multi-instrumentalist with jamgrass favorites, Railroad Earth, has died. Not much information has been released, though the band has confirmed Andy's passing, and no cause of death has
Fans of The Lindsey Family, a bluegrass Gospel group from central Kentucky, are mourning with the family today. Michael John Daniel Lindsey, who played mandolin with the family group, has died. He was 11 years of age, and had been fighting
Judy Carrier passed away on July 30, 2018 in Portland, TN. She was 76 years old, and had suffered from Alzheimer's Disease during her last few years. Born in Ludlow, MA, on June 23, 1942, Judith Ann Reed was a bluegrass
Banjo virtuoso Tom McKinney passed away peacefully at the CarePartners Hospice Center, Asheville on Friday morning, August 31, 2018. He was 76 years old. Thomas Haynes (Tom) McKinney III was born on November 25, 1941, in Orange County, Florida, was a
Billy Ray Latham, the gregarious banjo player and showman with The Kentucky Colonels, died on Sunday in Nashville at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He was 80 years of age. Friends say that Billy had been in poor health of late,
Polly Lewis Williamson Copsey passed away on Sunday, August 19, 2018, after a battle with the effects of Parkinson’s Disease and Lewy Body dementia for the past 16 years. She was 81 years of age. Born on January 23, 1937, in
George McCeney, one of the founders of Bluegrass Unlimited magazine, died on August 11 at his home in Timonium, MD. He was 79 years of age and had been ill for some time. From the time he was a young man,
Bluegrass pickers in central North Carolina have lost a good friend this week with the passing of Harold Chriscoe. He was 81 years old when he passed on July 25, surrounded by his family at home. Chriscoe had been repairing and eventually
Beloved bluegrass songwriter Pete Goble died today in Michigan. He was 86 years of age. Excluding Bill Monroe, Carter Stanley, and Flatt & Scruggs, it is unlikely that anyone has contributed as many songs to the bluegrass canon as Pete. Both
