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Mickey Galyean & Cullen’s Bridge are noted for some of the most hard-edged bluegrass as you are likely to hear anywhere and in taking their recording of a vintage Dudley Connell song Too Late to Say Goodbye as the lead

Boston's Lonely Heartstring Band have struck me from the start as one of the most unique and significant young groups in bluegrass music. They legitimately go their own way, without leaving behind the traditions and instrumentation that have informed the

Patuxent Records has released the first single from their upcoming project for Jeff Scroggins & Colorado, just ahead of their reign as featured showcase artists next week at World of Bluegrass in Raleigh. The band is based around the rich baritone

Daniel Pugh is one of the newest youngsters on the professional bluegrass circuit, joining the Kevin Prater Band on upright bass. The 17-year-old high school senior from Biscoe, NC, played a gig with the band in mid-August in Cambridge, Ohio. Prater

The new Billy Blue Records in Nashville has announced their latest signees, The Band of Kelleys. The family band features siblings Bethany Kelley on fiddle, Victoria on mandolin, and Daniel on bass. Each of them started playing at roughly four years

Award-winning songwriter Louisa Branscomb is stepping up to help musicians and music lovers in Southport, NC, a coastal town that was ravaged by Hurricane Florence. Branscomb got to know many area residents when her non-profit organization, ScreenDoor Songwriter Alliance, hosted an

On the heels of their latest album, Old World - from which the single Naomi Wise is moving up our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay chart - NewTown has announced the addition of Jared Hensley to the band on guitar. Jared had

Dark Shadow Recording has announced that they have signed Rick Faris, guitarist and vocalist for Special Consensus, to a contract with the label. Rick will continue to work with Special C while recording a new solo project when the band

Pinecastle Records moves fast! Today they have announced the signing of rising bluegrass band Carolina Blue to the label, and released a first single from their new album at the same time. That next record, I Hear Bluegrass Calling Me, won't

Last month we shared news about a new children's Christmas book, Fly Possum Fly, written by noted singer and storyteller, Grant Maloy Smith. It's a charming story with a rural twist, where a team of possums step in to save