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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

Finland's Jussi Syren & the Groundbreakers have released a music video ahead of their upcoming album, Bluegrass Singer. In keeping with their devotion to the traditional bluegrass style, The Banjo Song is a tribute to five of the most distinctive five stringers

I thought it might be time to revisit the subject of naming instrumentals because I’ve discovered that musicians are still struggling with this task. The most recent example is on our own CD getting set for release this summer (here’s where

Roe Entertainment in Maryville, TN has announced the addition of Nashville supergroup Helen Highwater Stringband to their roster of talent. All booking representation for the group will now he handled by Roe. The band consists of four close friends with long

Here's some more from Bean Blossom 2015... Our friend Betsy White captured some video from the stage over this past weekend, and sent along this clip of Volume Five performing Crazy Night from their current CD, Voices.   This song was written by Jeff

Daniel Mullins will be reporting from the 2015 Bean Blossom Festival all week, as Internet service in the campground allows. Check back each day for his reports and photos. Though Day 3 at Bean Blossom provided a little more rain, it did not

James Reams has released a highly cinematic new music video for his song, One Foot In The Honky Tonk. It finds James as Everyman walking the road to destruction, only to encounter Satan along the way. Pretty spooky, let me

Bright Star, the new musical theater production written by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell is moving towards the Great White Way. It was announced today that Bright Star will play an abbreviated run at the Kennedy Center over the winter holidays

Mountain Home Music has released a pair of singles from Run Away Tonight, their upcoming debut project with Chris Jones & The Night Drivers. Or perhaps you might say they have released a single, with a digital-style A and B

One of the enduring sadnesses of the bluegrass world is the frequency with which we come before you to request assistance for a member of our community. Straitened means seems to be the norm for many of our musical heroes,