• Artist2Artist – Larry Cordle

    Bluegrass Today contributor Lisa Jacobi recently spoke with acclaimed singer-songwriter Larry Cordle whose song he wrote with Jenee Fleenor - Big Blue Raindrops - is sitting at #4 on Bluegrass Today’s Monthly Airplay chart. Lisa caught up with Larry at

  • Cory Walker filling in with Skaggs

    Quick response from Skaggs Family Records with regard to a new banjo player for Kentucky Thunder... We are told that Justin Moses will perform with the band through the end of January, and that Cory Walker will then take over temporarily

  • Justin Moses exits Kentucky Thunder

    Justin Moses, who has been playing banjo and occasional reso-guitar with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder since Spring of 2010, has announced that he is leaving the group. But he won't be moving away from bluegrass. Justin just wants more flexibility

  • Master fiddle contest list

    Megan Lynch Chowning has done a great service for folks who run the fiddle contest circuit every year - and people who simply enjoy attending. She has compiled a master list of the many competitions held each year, searchable by

  • Becky Buller to Dark Shadow

    Dark Shadow Recording has announced the signing of Becky Buller to the label. A prominent singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Buller is currently working with Darin & Brooke Aldridge as fiddler and vocalist. Becky is one of those artists whose work you

  • Final day of Bluegrass in Superclass

    The final day of Bluegrass in Super Class on January 12, 20014 was kicked off by Nitro Ride from Pennsylvania. They were followed by Idletymes, Remington Ryde, The Bluegrass Mountaineers, and Rhonda Vincent & the Rage. The last picture is

  • The High 48s ride the train

    The High 48s, a Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, band formed in 2006, is working on an album of train songs with funding for the project coming from a successful Kickstarter campaign. This will be their fifth album project. They are a five-piece

  • Earl Scruggs Center opens in a deluge

    Over one thousand fans of the five-string gathered in Shelby, North Carolina on Saturday, January 11, 2014 to experience the grand opening of the Earl Scruggs Center. Despite pouring rain that moved several events that had been scheduled to take