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John Driskell Hopkins, bass player with the Zac Brown Band, has teamed up with Balsam Range to record an album of his original music, Daylight, which will be independently released on January 22, 2013. The bulk of the music is performed with

Here's this week's Bluegrass Weather Report, prepared for Christmas In The Smokies, going on now in Pigeon Forge, TN.     

It was in September 1996 that the Deering Banjo Company introduced what has become its most popular and iconic model. The Good Times banjo was the brainchild of founder and chief luthier Greg Deering, who was determined to design an

The last time we posted about Marty Raybon's young banjo picker Chris Wade, it was with sad and somewhat depressing news. The 24 year old student in the ETSU Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Music program had received a diagnosis

California is about as far from New York as you can get in the US, but people there were as struck by the personal tragedies following Tropical Storm Sandy as were the rest of us who escaped unscathed. A group of

Steve Groat, who established the Aiken Bluegrass Festival in 2004 with his wife, Jeannie, died on Tuesday (12/11). He was 67 years old, and had been vigorously battling cancer this past 9 years. The festival is held in Aiken, SC and

This Saturday (12/15) is the firm deadline for submitting applications to perform at the 2013 European World of Bluegrass. Next year's annual event will be held May 9-11 in Voorthuizen, Holland at Hotel 't Trefpunt. EWOB is the premiere opportunity for bands to showcase

The Roys will be the musical guests on today's (12/13) edition of Marie!, Marie Osmond's new show on The Hallmark Channel. Lee and Elaine taped the epsiode several weeks ago, where they performed Still Standing from their current release, New Day

We've written a few times recently about Lee Marcus, banjo picker and budding bluegrass impressario. He was the impetus behind seeking to mark December 12 as International Bluegrass Music Appreciation Day, which is being marked today online by artists and fans

Noted Tennessee fiddler Carl Franklin passed away on Tuesday (12/11) after suffering a massive stroke at his home in Hendersonville on Monday. He was 58 years old. Carl was a fixture on the fiddle contest circuit, where he claimed many championships,