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On June 20, Nashville country and bluegrass singer, songwriter and producer, Jerry Salley, was married to Erin Searcy at The Grand Inheritance in Gallatin, TN. Jerry tells us that he met Erin at the songwriter festival Blast on the Bay in Port St

Laura Orshaw might be the busiest bluegrass fiddler in Boston, Massachusetts. The Pennsylvania native performs with five different bands in and around Beantown - including her own New Velvet Band - and seems to fill in from time to time

The four stomachs of a cow are the rumen, the reticulum, the omasum, and the abomasum. What does this have to do with bluegrass, you may be asking, aside from a cow ingesting actual blue grass and sending it straight into

Day 2 of the Charlotte Bluegrass Festival dawned bright and sunny. The schedule was jumbled a bit because Doyle Lawson had a bus breakdown and was unable to make the show. So Harbourtown stepped in and opened the show. Virgil Bowlin

On this Day …. On Monday June 24, 1985, a group of interested individuals gathered in the board-room of BMI’s Nashville headquarters for two days of discussion to explore the possibilities of forming a trade organisation in support of bluegrass music. Initiated

Gruhn Guitars in Nashville, among the most iconic guitar shops ever to function in the United States, has announced the promotion of Eric C. Newell to company President and General Manager. He will assume overall administration and day-to-day management duties from company founder

Sweden has produced more than its share of quality contemporary bluegrass in recent years. And based on this clever pair of videos from Dunderhead, both songs from their debut, self-titled album, we need to add them to that list. Their sound

Betsy White has share a few more videos she shot during last week's 2015 Bill Monroe Bluegrass Festival in Bean Blossom, IN. This first finds The Darrell Webb Band on stage delivering a scalding version of Little Maggie.   We'll post other videos

Lisa Jacobi caught up with DC-area banjoist Ira Gitlin at a dog park in Alexandria, VA for one of her guerrilla-style What's In Your Case? videos.  

Day 1 of the 43rd Charlotte Bluegrass Festival in Charlotte, Michigan was kicked off by The Blankenships, a well-known and respected family in Michigan bluegrass circles. Folk legend, Joel Mabus, followed with his special brand of old time music. Tony Holt