The DC Bluegrass Union has announced a change to its annual Orrin Star Scholarship for young music students pursuing bluegrass and old time music in the mid-Atlantic region of the US.
When the scholarship was first announced in 2019, following Orrin's
Mountain Home Music has a single this week for their new bluegrass "it girl," Jaelee Roberts, whose music career is exploding before she reaches her 20th birthday. Still in college in Tenessee, Jaelee is already seeing her solo projects achieve
Veteran bluegrass performer James Reams is preparing to release a soundtrack album from Like A Flowing River, a film about his life and career that came out last year. It will include music from the movie, as well as previously
Pinecastle Records has a new single this week from Bobby & Teddi Cyrus, ahead of the release of their debut album with the label in April.
This time it's a grassy Gospel song which Bobby wrote with Ronnie Bowman, called Let's
Kentucky's Wolfpen Branch has a first single to share from their initial recording sessions. The band is the result of the mingling of members from a number of popular modern bluegrass groups - The Wooks, 23 String Band, NewTown - with
J.T. Gray, who transformed the Station Inn into a must-make stop amid Nashville's glitzier clubs, died over the weekend, the venue's Facebook page announced Sunday. He was 75 years of age.
Gray, inducted into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame in September,
Billy Blue Records also has new music today, the first single from their next project with Darin & Brooke Aldridge called Blue Baby Now.
Long time bluegrass fans will recognize this one from back 35 years or so. It was written
For the past five years, fans of fiddle wizard Andy Leftwich have been suffering from withdrawal. Andy stepped out of the limelight in 2016 when he took his leave from Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, and other than some studio
Mountain Home Music is offering another sneak peak from the late Steve Gulley's final recording, his duo project with Tim Stafford ironically titled Still Here. The album releases tomorrow (March 19), and we have a track premiere today for a thoughtful and reflective
Our friends in the Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University have asked us to remind everyone that applications for their new Artist in Residence program close this Friday, March 19.
Applications are being accepted
