At last weekend's Bloomin’ Bluegrass Festival and Chili Cook-Off in Texas, Del McCoury was presented with the Bluegrass Star Award from the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation. Since 2010, the Foundation has presented this award to a bluegrass artist who exemplifies contemporary bluegrass, and
Del McCoury
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Photos from Red, White & Bluegrass 2015
Laura Tate Ridge shared these photos from Friday night and Saturday at the 2015 Red, White & Bluegrass Festival.
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Photos from ROMP 2015
Shelly Swanger was on hand at ROMP 2015, and just sent us these images from the festival.
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Sierra and Del at The Ryman
To help promote their show this week as a part of Bluegrass Nights at The Ryman in Nashville, Sierra Hull and Del McCoury took a tour through the historic building, with a video camera in tow. Sierra got Del to share
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Photos from Blue Ox
When the very first Blue Ox Music Festival was held this past weekend in Eau Claire, WI, Shelly Swanger was there to capture images for the readers of Bluegrass Today. Her photos are brilliant, as always, but it looks like festivalgoers
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Frank Solivan in the studio
Frank Solivan was back in the studio last week, but not for a new album with his hot band, Dirty Kitchen. He was in Nashville recording with family and friends for a new solo project on Compass Records. He carried some
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Bluegrass in Baltimore – The Hard Drivin’ Sound and Its Legacy
The area including Baltimore, Washington D.C. and surrounding region, Maryland and northern Virginia, is noted for a power-packed style of bluegrass music, notably in the 1940s and 1950s, although it is often the style of choice even today. During that era
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Man Of Constant Sorrow – Ralph Stanley & Friends
For much of the past decade, rumors of the retirement of the great Ralph Stanley have been rampant - some of them coming directly from his organization. But despite the rumors, and the challenges of recording and touring into his
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2014 Bluegrass Radio Airplay Chart
Once again, we have compiled all of our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay Charts to create a chart for the past year. It's great to see new artists, established headliners, and rising stars all represented Here's our 2014 list, showing the ranking
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Stars shine at Lake Placid Bluegrass Jam
Andy Flynn covered the first ever Bluegrass Jam for the Lake Placid News, and shared this article which they published. Like many cities that have hosted Olympic events, Lake Placid now is seeking new ways to make use of the