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Sleepy Man Banjo Boys have announced the addition of 20 year old Blake Pitney to the band playing bass. The Boys tell us that Blake had played out with them a few times, and is now an official member of the

Well, I just came back from my first time to Idaho and the big National Oldtime Fiddlers’ Contest & Festival out there in Weiser. As a Virginia festival goer, it was really interesting with some definite differences between our festivals out

Here, once again, is our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with the Weather Report for this weekend at ROMP.  

On this day ….. On June 25, 1926, Joe Val was born. Joseph Valiante, shortened to Joe Val by Tex Logan, was a bluegrass music pioneer from New England. Born in Everett, Massachusetts, he was a relative late-comer to country music, starting to

Nathan Stanley, the grandson of the one-and-only Ralph Stanley, has released a new album, The Legacy Continues, recorded with his grandpa's band. At 20 years of age, Nathan has already logged more than a decade traveling with The Clinch Mountain

Things are shaping up for North Carolina grassers Nu-Blu to have a mighty big summer in 2013. Their next album, Ten, is slated for release until July 16 on Rural Rhythm, but they have made it available for digital download now from

Kenny Sloas, banjo player with the Sloas Brothers band and the Dixie Play Boys, passed away on Thursday morning, June 20. William McKinley ‘Kenny’ Sloas, 78 of Isonville, Kentucky, was born September 4, 1934. He was one of six brothers all

Michael Martin Murphy is back with a new label, a new album, and a new single. But he's keeping the same mix of bluegrass and acoustic country with Western themes as his last two successful projects for Red River Drifter. The

Several country artists have made the leap to bluegrass in recent years, with most of them simply returning to the music they grew up loving and performing. Clinton Gregory is among the latest artists to make the change from country

Here's Jason Lombard's first gallery of images from Telluride 2013, celebrating the festival's 40th Anniversary.