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The Mountain Song Festival, hosted each year in September by The Steep Canyon Rangers in Brevard, NC  to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Transylvania County, appears to have been another great success. Artists from all over the world performed

James Reams has released a new single and an introductory video from his next album, Rhyme & Season. It was recorded with the west coast edition of his band, The Barnstormers: Michael Rolland on fiddle, Billy Parker on mandolin, Tyler James on

“It was twenty years ago today, Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play…” Quick – what are the first 5 things that pop into your head when you think bluegrass. Odds are, one of those things isn’t “Russia.” But there is bluegrass

One of the big hits of this past summer's festival season has been Sister Sadie, a special project band consisting of five celebrated bluegrass artists who are also good friends who enjoy picking and singing together. They first got together in

Ask anyone who attended the 2015 World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh how it went, and the first thing out of their mouth is likely to be about the rain. And, oh my, did it rain! The third such event hosted by

Several years ago, there was an event at the IBMA World of Bluegrass that was called the “Bluegrass Pentathlon.” If my memory serves me correctly, it was the brainchild of Pete Wernick, but I could be wrong; he has a

Echo Mountain Entertainment has announced that they are now representing Corey Hensley and The Corey Hensley Band. Bluegrass fans remember Corey for his time with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, where he played bass and sang for four years. Now he has his own bluegrass and

The Louise Scruggs Memorial Forum, an annual event remembering the contributions that Louise made to the business side of bluegrass and country music, will this year honor the late Dixie Hall for her work as a songwriter, publisher, journalist, label head and philanthropist

It's only been in the past few years that songwriter projects have been a thing in bluegrass music. At one time, the common exercise was for writers to record demo versions of new songs, and send them out to interested

Travis Book, bass player with Infamous Stringdusters, and his wife, singer/songwriter Sarah Siskind, are celebrating the birth of their second child. Ry Davis Book was born on October 23 at 10:04 a.m. at Park Ridge Hospital in Hendersonville, NC. He came in