Bluegrass Youth

Music has been part of her life for longer than 17-year-old Jaelee Roberts can remember. Her earliest memories are of being backstage at the Opry when dad Danny Roberts, mandolin player and founding member of the Grascals, played there. But even

The folks at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO have announced the finalists for their 2018 KSMU Youth in Bluegrass Band Contest, to be held in the park on May 26. The invitational competition brings 20 promising young groups to perform

The newest star on the bluegrass horizon is a 3 year old fiddler named Bodie Frankhouser. He's the son of Ryan Frankhouser, guitarist and bandleader for Remington Ryde based in Pennsylvania. Young Bodie comes by his bluegrass fascination naturally, having traveled

2017 KSMU Youth In Bluegrass winners, The Sowell Family Pickers It's time once again for young bluegrass bands to get ready for the KSMU Youth in Bluegrass Band Contest, held each year at Silver Dollar City during their annual Bluegrass &

Do you have a young bluegrass band with at least two members 25 years of age or younger, and would like to showcase your music at the 2017 World of Bluegrass Convention in Raleigh, NC this summer, now is the

Earlier this week in an interview with Katy Daley, Tom Mindte made reference to the encouraging number of young bluegrass pickers and singers he finds in southern Virginia and western North Carolina. The music is definitely more a part of

Fortunately, the weather cleared sufficiently on Saturday afternoon to hold the Scott Street Five Strings Finals in Richmond, VA during the Richmond Folk Festival. Three finalists had been chosen from video submissions in both bluegrass and clawhammer categories, who competed before judges

IBMA has done a fantastic job finding ways to include and encourage youth to come and participate at the 2016 World of Bluegrass conference and festival. There were plenty of activities for kids who play music, and for those who don't. Since 2012

This week young bluegrassers in central North Carolina are hard at work boning up on their musical chops at the Youth Bluegrass Camps in Cary, NC. Located just outside of North Carolina's Research Triangle, these camps are sponsored and administered

Samantha Casey’s dad plays the banjo, and both her parents sing. They taught her to sing harmony around the house as a little child. Her mother learned to clog in high school and played the banjo in college but gave