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For everyone in Raleigh this week for the World of Bluegrass Convention, IBMA Awards show, or Wide Open Bluegrass, be sure to save some time for a stroll down Fayetteville Street to the City of Raleigh Museum, just a few

It's bluegrass time in Raleigh, NC! People are starting to arrive for the IBMA's World of Bluegrass, even though nothing starts officially until Tuesday morning. We are setting up our press room now on the lobby floor of the Convention Center,

Director Felix Van Groeningen, who earned widespread critical acclaim for his 2009 film, The Misfortunates, will see his next project hit theaters next month. The Broken Circle Breakdown, based on the play by Johan Heldenbergh and Mieke Dobbels, is billed as a love story

The 2013 Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion continued today, and not even the rain that soaked the festival for a few hours could dampen the enthusiasm. Bluegrass lovers knew they could find several top groups playing on various stages around

The Walker Howell Band is a young band in Murfreesboro, TN who swings back and forth between bluegrass and acoustic country. Most of them are students in the Recording Industry program at Middle Tennessee State University. Recently, they shot a video on campus

Winners have been announced from the prestigious instrumental championships at the 42nd Annual Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas. Trophies and new instruments are offered annually for fiddle, mandolin, dulcimer, and autoharp, but the pièce de résistance is the guitar

It is always amazing to see talented artists as they perform for fans who truly appreciate the music. Friday night, at the 13th Annual Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion, plenty of talent was on display on the Country Mural Stage

Between sets on the Plattsburgh Bluegrass Festival’s big stage Saturday, September 14, Eric and Leigh Gibson stepped into a garage-like stall of Building 16 at the Clinton County Fairgrounds to give a songwriting workshop. The Gibsons — both graduates of SUNY

Some of my earliest memories of listening to music are sitting in the minivan with my mom and sister, singing Little Bitty to the top of our lungs (and yelling "COKE!" when it came to the part about a "six pack of

The Down Home in Johnson City, TN will be hosting a pre-release screening of a new project from a pair of ETSU faculty members, along with a concert by Czech bluegrass band, Druha Trava on Monday (9/23). The film is Banjo Romantika