Dinwiddie Festival grew from a lifetime of bluegrass
When I first met Allen Carpenter at SPBGMA earlier this year, I immediately wondered how a racetrack operator found his way to becoming a bluegrass event...
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Wade Cox passes
Wade Cox, bluegrass musician and friend to absolutely everyone in our business, passed away this past Saturday evening, April 23, near his home in Amherst,...
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Merle Haggard, R.I.P.
I'm sure most of our readers have heard by now of the passing of the great Merle Haggard today, departing on his 79th birthday. As...
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Cullen’s Bridge introduces My Daddy’s Grass
Rebel Records recently announced that the label had signed Mickey Galyean & Cullen’s Bridge, from the musically rich area of Lowgap, North Carolina, stating that...
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Bridging The Tradition – Lonesome River Band
How do keep a band sounding fresh after nearly 35 years as a bluegrass institution? Strong new material certainly helps, as does bringing in some youth...
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Introducing The Railroaders
A new bluegrass band called The Railroaders has formed this spring, uniting four talented bluegrass veterans with combined experienced in excess of 100 years. Their members...
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New digital reissues from Rounder
Rounder Records is celebrating March, and the imminent arrival of festival season, with 21 reissues of classic titles in their catalog, representing some of the...
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Takeharu Kunimoto – An Appreciation
This memorial appreciation is a contribution from Jack Tottle, Associate Professor Emeritus at East Tennessee State University. It is used by permission from Moonshiner magazine (JAPAN), originally published—in...
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Brandon Shuping to String Therapy
String Therapy, a modern grass outfit in Lancaster, OH, has announced the addition of Brandon Shuping on mandolin. Brandon was born into bluegrass, as the son of Garland...
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Gene Boyd passes
Gene Boyd, known widely as The Fiddling Barber of Bristol, passed away on January 26 at the Bristol Regional Medical Center. He was 88 years...
