Music

This remembrance of Hagar Nelson is a contribution from Art Stevenson of Art Stevenson & High Water in Wisconsin. I am deeply saddened to hear of the passing of our old friend and band mate Dave “Hagar” Nelson on July 5, 2019,

Mountain Fever Records has released the first single from their upcoming album from Australian bluegrass songbird, Kristy Cox. It's a new song from Jerry Salley, Kelli Kingrey, and Bruce Carpenter, Yesterday's Heartache, which Cox gives a bluesy, mid-tempo reading with a crisp bluegrass accompaniment.

LeRoy E Mumma passed away peacefully at his home in Denver, Pennsylvania, on July 2, 2019, aged 82. He had been having health issues for several years.  Mumma (pronounced MOOmaw) was born in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, played with some famous names in

Hoyt Herbert, 87 year old NC banjoist and former deejay of Sunday Evening Bluegrass on WFMX radio in Statesville, NC,  passed away on July 5.  A veteran of the Korean War (USAF 1951-55), Herbert began picking banjo at age 14, citing

Have I mentioned how nice it is having Ronnie Bowman active in bluegrass again? The former Lost and Found and Lonesome River Band vocalist was away for awhile after he found success in Nashville as a songwriter, but since re-emerging

Doyle Lawson is the latest bluegrass artist to join Billy Blue Records, the new Nashville label run by Ed Leonard of Daywind Music Group and noted singer/songwriter Jerry Salley. This signing completes the first year of the label's existence, from its

One of the most talented and creative bluegrass musicians ever to emerge from eastern Virginia has left us. Ron Barnes, known to friends as Ronnie, died on June 30 at his home. He was 64 years of age. Ronnie had suffered

Rounder Records has released a debut single from their upcoming project with bluegrass preservationists Po' Ramblin' Boys, who endeavor to perform and record the music as it was captured in the earlier days of the 1950s and '60s. These four young

Nashville-based bluegrass singer, songwriter, and bandleader Rebekah Long has announced a break in her summer touring schedule for back surgery. Long tells us that she broke her lower back (pars interarticularis) recently, and will be having fusion surgery on July 19

Everything that Hank, Pattie & The Current do is decidedly and intentionally modern. Though they follow the model of the bluegrass ensemble, as far as the instrumentation is concerned, their music is seasoned for a more contemporary, urban taste with