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Larry Sparks just sent along a photo of his latest edition of The Lonesome Ramblers, taken this past weekend at the Red, White and Bluegrass Festival in Morganton, NC. Larry is taking a larger group out this summer, including a couple

The Mohegan Sun is a gaming and resort facility in southeastern Connecticut. Just north of New London, run by the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut, it makes for a convenient playground for folks in Boston, Providence and New York City. Their entertainment

Dixie Bee-Liners were a guest on Tuesday's edition of Folk Alley on NPR. Both audio and video from the show can be found on the Folk Alley page at NPR.org. The full 25 minute audio from their visit can be heard,

2009 has been kind to Lonesome River Band so far. Their latest CD, No Turning Back, has been lighting up the bluegrass charts, holding the current #1 spot on both the album and singles spots in the Bluegrass Unlimited July

The Grascals have put together an informal video to keep their fans up to date with all their comings and goings this year. Jamie Johnson, Terry Eldridge and Danny Roberts take turns interviewing each other as they talk about visiting

Bluegrass Today always pays special attention where young pickers are concerned. The education and nurturing of our next generation of bluegrass artists is a matter of great concern to many formerly young people such as myself who care deeply about

Marty Raybon is next up on the Bluegrass Junction Track-By-Track show on Sirius-XM, starting this morning (7/1) at 11:00 a.m. (EDT). He and host Kyle Cantrell will play through all 14 tracks of Marty's new CD, This, That & The Other,

Just yesterday we mentioned that The Abrams Brothers would have a live CD out this year, and we now see that they have a major studio project in the works as well. This Canadian teen bluegrass trio has hooked up with

If you follow Nothin' Fancy's newsletter, you will have noted the sad story they told in the March '09 issue. It was a tale of vehicular woe, in which a wheel from their long-suffering van came rolling off and passed

Darrell Webb has left Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper and announced that he is forming his own group. His last show with Michael was on June 21, and Darrell has most of his new band already in place. Matt Leadbetter will be