• Allen Shelton update

    Thanks to Fred Robbins, who has shared a couple of recent communications about Allen Shelton's condition. As we noted last week, Allen has been diagnosed...

  • Allen Shelton diagnosed with leukemia

    Banjo legend Allen Shelton has been hospitalized, diagnosed with leukemia. He is at the Centennial Medical Center in Nashville undergoing treatment, but this sort of...

  • Grey Fox videos

    Even more bluegrass videos! Our friend Fred Robbins sent along a note about what he did on his summer vacation - at Grey Fox. "This year, for...

  • Indian Ranch, circa 1972

    We've been in touch recently with Fred Robbins, a photographer and bluegrass enthusiast who has posted a brilliant set of photos from the 1972 Country...

  • Mac Martin passes

    The first-generation bluegrass lead singer, guitar picker, and band leader from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, William (Bill) Dermot "Mac Martin" Colleran passed away on Monday morning, February...

  • 150 Years of Civil War Music

    Yesterday was the 150th anniversary of General Robert E. Lee's surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox courthouse, essentially ending the Civil War. The...

  • Doug Dillard home again

    We have learned that Doug Dillard is back home, having been released last night from Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville. He was admitted this past Saturday (2/26)...