California Report: Luthier and picker Gary Vessel
Gary Vessel is a renowned California Central Valley builder of all things violin and mandolin. He's been at it for over forty years, and started...
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Roll Up the Rug! – Roe Family Singers
It takes a special skill set to master the sound of old time music – one that not many musicians have. There are certain nuances...
From The Side of the Road… what is your bluegrass spirit animal?
In this general feeling of turning a corner, seeing light at the end of the tunnel, and whatever other hopeful clichés, we can attach to...
Somebody’s Child – latest from Branded Bluegrass
Indiana's Branded Bluegrass has finally released their latest full-length CD for Bell Buckle Records, after nearly five years of work. Titled Somebody's Child, it includes...
Jimmy Rupert – Remembering the guy who got me started
Jimmy Rupert was a big fish in a small pond. So small, in fact, that I’m sure few if any Bluegrass Today readers have heard...
Last Lonesome Pine from Eddie Sanders
Engelhardt Music Group in Nashville has released a new single to radio from bluegrass singer/songwriter Eddie Sanders. It's a song the Eddie wrote with Jon Weisberger...
Late Bloom – Graber Gryass
Most albums are merely meant to be enjoyed. Others are shared as a showcase for an artist's instrumental abilities. However the best offerings of all...
Colleen Trenwith passes
For many students who have taken classes in Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies at East Tennessee State University over the past decade or...
Tom Foley passes
Dr. Thomas P. Foley, known to his friends as Tom, has died following a battle with Alzheimer's Disease. He was 83 years of age. A Virginia...
Birmingham Jail from Barry Abernathy, featuring Vince Gill
Billy Blue Records has announced the imminent release of a new album from Barry Abernathy called Barry Abernathy & Friends, that is actually four years old. Bluegrass...
