Music

Darren Nicholson has had quite a run on our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay chart with songs from his debut solo effort for Mountain Home Music. Anyone who may have wondered how well he would do after leaving Balsam Range has

Mountain Fever Records has a new single this month from Amanda Cook, taken from her current album, Changes. Amanda has become a staple on bluegrass radio, with her stirring vocals on a succession of new contemporary bluegrass songs. A native of

Pinecastle Records has released a debut single from their upcoming project with bluegrass veteran Robert Hale, his first in nearly three years. Hale has been involved in bluegrass nearly as long as he's been alive, starting out at only nine years

Midwest bluegrass promoter, bandleader, and performer Lori King has announced a new member of her touring band, Junction 63. Kailee Spickes has joined the band on fiddle. Hailing from Mountain View, AR, Kailee is a skilled multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, mandolin, banjo,

On April 1, North Carolina singer/songwriter Josh Hudson won first place for the third time in four years in the Don Gibson Singer Songwriter Symposium in Shelby, NC. The Sandy Ridge resident took the top prize in 2020 and 2021,

It is always interesting to discover how bluegrass artists get involved in the music. Some grow up with it in their family, with a parent in a performing band, or as member of such a group themselves. Others discover it

Bluegrass fans generally enjoy a well written Civil War song, and that's just what Daniel Crabtree has delivered with his latest single for Bell Buckle Records. In Cold Harbor, Crabtree paints a bleak picture of a day in 1864 with the

Ivan Tribe, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Rio Grande, scholar of Appalachian culture, and a renowned expert on traditional country and bluegrass music, passed away on Tuesday April 4, 2023, after a recent spell in hospital. He

Broken Compass, the talented young jamgrass outfit turning heads all along the west coast, have just released their first studio recording, Fool's Gold, and have offered to share the title track with our readers in celebration. The band began as a

Bonfire Music Group has a new single this week for banjo man Daniel Grindstaff, an instrumental with a message of love and support. Titled Three Arrows, it's a straight ahead banjo tune in the bluegrass vein, but Daniel says that it