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Tom Langdon, long time reso-guitarist with The Gentlemen of Bluegrass, died on March 11, 2023 following a lengthy illness. He was 78 years of age. Born Walter Thomas Langdon in Fair Oaks, NC, Tom was active in the bluegrass scene around

From Louisville comes Ida Clare, a powerhouse quartet set on taking bluegrass music to new audiences using original material written within the band. Their second album has just been released, Ida2, along with a debut single, I Still Cry. The band

Mountain Fever Records has a new single this week for banjo picker Andy Lowe, one that comes from a wholly unexpected source. Lowe has been a prominent five stringer in the North Carolina and Virginia scenes for several years, and is

Balsam Range has been among the very few bluegrass acts to spend serious time as a headlining act with no changes in personnel over the past two decades. But that reign came to an end when mandolinist and vocalist Darren

Sami Braman is a Nashville fiddler who grew up in Seattle, who has her first album of original fiddle music, Riveter, set for release next month on Padiddle Records. If you recognize her name, it may be from her time

Ralph Stanley II & The Clinch Mountain Boys at Life Church in Eustis, FL - photo © Bill Warren Deano Graham has a small church in Eustis, Florida called Life Church, and Deano hosts Bluegrass Family Nights there. The venue is one

Carl Bentley is a bluegrass singer and songwriter from eastern Kentucky whose debut, self-titled album is recently released. He has offered to share the first single with our readers today at Bluegrass Today. Starting out in bluegrass at ten years of

Ben Krakauer is a banjo player and composer, and an Assistant Professor of Music at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, NC. His academic specialty is in ethnomusicologist, and he holds a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from the University of Texas at

The Country Gentlemen Tribute Band has announced two new members, replacing reso-guitarist Geoff Gay and bass player Eric Troutman, who recently left the group. Founding member Darren Beachley is returning to the band, playing dobro. He was part of the original

Originally formed as a duo in 1960, The Country Pickers are a legendary band from Basel, Switzerland. They have played extensively all over Switzerland and, during the 1980s and 1990s, in some neighboring countries, winning an award for best acoustic