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Phil Leadbetter is now the resonator guitarist with The Whites, making him the lone non-White in the band. Patriarch Buck White is on mandolin and piano, Cheryl White Warren on bass and Sharon White Skaggs on guitar. All three sing lead

We heard yesterday from Jim VanCleve, Mountain Heart's fiery fiddler, who reports that the band's new 7-song EP project is almost finished. Jim has been mixing the tracks this week at Blackbird Studio, Nashville's premier recording facility. Their mixing suite (Studio

Rhonda Vincent has released Sweet Summertime, the debut single from her upcoming album Taken, via iTunes. This will be the first project released since Vincent ended her lengthy partnership with Rounder Records. Taken will be released on a new label run

East Tennessee State University is currently taking applications for a position within the bluegrass department. The job is described as "Bluegrass Lecturer," while a quick review of the job description will reveal that lecturing on the history and theory of bluegrass

Bluegrass Gospel group Lakeside from Madisonville, TN has announced an agreement with the Mercy Road label, a subsidiary of Chapel Valley Studios. A new CD is in the works with a release anticipated in early 2011. The band consists of Greg

The first video from the latest Grascals CD, The Famous Lefty Flynn's, is likely hit in the next few weeks. The song is Last Train To Clarsksville, written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, and the first of several hits

It seems to be a a life cycle that must occur for those artists who got their start in bluegrass music but transitioned to the country music world, to return to bluegrass when their country career is over. At times

Justin Moses will be the new banjo player with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, starting this Friday at the Isle of Capri Casino Hotel in Bettendorf, IA. He is taking over for Jim Mills, who recently announced his intention to

As citizens of West Virginia honor the memory of their recently deceased Senator, Robert C. Byrd, many long-time fans of bluegrass and old time music are recalling the Senator as a musician as well. Byrd played fiddle and sang in

Sam Bush has been confirmed as the Keynote Speaker at the 2010 IBMA World Of Bluegrass convention in Nashville (9/27-10/3). He will speak on the opening night of the week-long event, Monday (September 27), and his speech will examine bluegrass music