Bluegrass band news

Jamie Dailey, Jeff Parker, Jessie Baker, Gus Arrendale, Bob Mummert, and Darrin Vincent backstage at the Opry Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent took the opportunity of their recent appearance at the Grand Ole Opry to offer a tribute to several of

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

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

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,

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

Virginia's Deer Creek Boys are the most recent bluegrass artists to receive an endorsement from GHS Strings. The Battle Creek, MI manufacturer has a long history of support for bluegrass artists, with dozens of endorsing acts using their banjo, mandolin, and

Matt Rue, Joe Mullins, and Jeanne Rue Folks in the bluegrass business know Joe Mullins to be a true Renaissance man. Not only is a first-rate banjo player, one of the best tenor singers in our music, and a successful band

It seems like everyone is noticing Dailey & Vincent these days, even the legislators hard at work in the band’s home base of Tennessee. On the closing day of the state’s 2017 legislative session last month, the duo was honored

Adam Wakefield with The Steeldrivers at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival (May 2017) - photo by Frank Baker Lots of bluegrass fans made a connection with Adam Wakefield last year when he was a contestant on The Voice, NBC television's popular vocal

Greg Moore, from State College, PA, has been announced as the new fiddler with Carolina Blue, based in Brevard, NC. He is a long time bluegrass professional, having worked with Dave Evans and Riverbend, Tony Holt and The Wildwood Valley Boys,