2023 Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival report
Random Band Jam at the 2023 Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival - photo © Pamm Tucker The second weekend of October arrived, and with it annual Oklahoma...
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Frank Harlow passes
Frank Harlow, noted builder of Harlow Resonator Guitars, died yesterday at his home in Vandalia, OH. He was 83 years of age. Born in Bristol, VA,...
Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out to Hope River Entertainment
Hope River Entertainment is happy to announce that they are the new representatives for bluegrass headliners Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out. Almost from the time...
The Long and Lonesome Letting Go – Jim Lauderdale & The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys
Jim Lauderdale is clearly one of the most prolific and productive people in the roots music biz. Granted, that may sound like an overly bold...
Define the gift – Henry Byron Burgess
With grown children in their teens and above, Lynn Muir and Greg Burgess never expected "a surprise" to happen, but it did. Discovering they were...
Alex Meredith – The Friends I Made Along the Way
Although Alex Meredith was born in Colchester England, he's spent most of his life in Siler City, North Carolina. Playing mandolin since his teens, Meredith's...
From The Side of the Road… bluegrass epitaphs
Perhaps it was the approach of Halloween, or perhaps the post-IBMA World of Bluegrass mental fatigue, but my mind has suddenly turned to the macabre. More...
2023 Oklahoma State Fiddling Contest
Returning to the Great Tulsa State Fair, Bob Fjeldsted took the helm of the Oklahoma State Fiddling Contest September 30. Oklahoma has sponsored this Weiser-qualified contest...
Ella Jordan to Cane Mill Road
Liam Purcell has announced a change in his touring group, Cane Mill Road, involving a fiddle swap at the end of this year. Sam Stage...
A discussion with Martin CEO Thomas Ripsam
Just as our week at the 2023 IBMA World of Bluegrass convention was coming to a close at the end of last month, we had...
