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Brad Beavers has announced his departure from Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys, for whom he has been playing bass since earlier this year. He says that his doctor has recommended that he come off the road, and that's advice

Entries are now being accepted for the 2nd annual Scott Street Five String Finals competition, to be held in Richmond, VA on October 8. Held in conjunction with the Richmond Folk Festival, the competition is hosted in honor of the

Yonder Mountain String Band is gearing up for a very busy tour season this fall, but found time following their appearance at Telluride to shoot a new music video at nearby Bridal Veil Falls. It's for the song, Alison, which will

West Virginia's Hillbilly Gypsies have announced the addition of Greg Moore to the band on fiddle. Founded by the husband-and-wife team of Trae and Jamie Lynn Buckner, the Gypsies have been working the bluegrass festival circuit in the southeastern US for

This week's guests on The Joey Canyon Show on RFD-TV will be Lorraine Jordan and Eddy Raven, along with Garrett Newton. They'll sing their bluegrass version of Eddy's big hit, I've Got Mexico, which Raven sang on Jordan's current CD, Country

Even if you’re not that familiar with The Farm Hands, you’ve probably heard their recent single, Dig in the Dirt, which has one of the catchiest choruses I’ve heard lately. The song, which is the title track from the group’s

It would seem that we will soon be seeing The Gillis Brothers from Georgia on stage again, though they won't be performing under that name. John Gillis, who worked with his brother Larry for several years in the 1990s as The

Tim Surrett, bass player with popular North Carolina band Balsam Range, and Chairman of the Board of Directors for the International Bluegrass Music Association, has been hospitalized near his home in western North Carolina. He was taken to the emergency room after

Carolina Blue is on the hunt for a new banjo picker. The Brevard, NC-based band plays contemporary bluegrass with a focus on the traditional side of the street. Their current banjo man, Seth Rhinehart, is stepping aside to focus on his work

Lucky Lips isn't like your average bluegrass group. To start with, they're called Lucky Lips, plus they're fronted by vocalist Malin Pettersen who is given to appear on stage in pink hair, and they're based in Oslo. That's in Norway. They perform original