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Generally speaking, there are two different camps when it comes to instrument modification: those who wish to remain true to time honored traditions and the way things were done in years past, and those who seek new ways of improving

The Norwalk Music festival, now in its 4th year, has a few things special in store this year. Independence Day takes place during the week of the festival and early arrivals will have a front row seat to the town’s

Congratulations to Fireball Mail, the 2016 winners of the prestigious Telluride Band Contest. The annual invitational competition takes place at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival situated high in the Rocky Mountains of southwestern Colorado. Twelve acts are selected to compete, with the

Mountain Home Music has released a live music video for Lonesome River Band. It's of them performing Rocking The Cradle at the Historic Isis Music Hall in Asheville, NC. The song is included on their current album, Bringing The Tradition, released earlier

Bluegrass music has certainly benefited from modern advances in live sound reinforcement, as has every form of stage entertainment. If you've followed the music for many years, you'll have noticed how much better the sound has gotten since the first

Those who are interested in the history of bluegrass and old country music must buy and read this wonderful book, Foggy Mountain Troubadour – The Life and Music of Curly Seckler, by Penny Parsons. Much like in the earlier Mac Wiseman

Hosted by the International Bluegrass Music Museum, ROMP Fest 2016 delivered another fine round of bluegrass music for its 13th year. The music and the weather in Owensboro, KY was best described as hot! Thursday music kicked off with two Hall

The tributes to Ralph Stanley this past week have been both numerous and poignant, demonstrating how deeply his music and his kindness have touched others over a 70 year career. One that we just received shows that it wasn't just in his

It's been a busy week for Melanie Wilson and her Wilson Pickins Promotions. On Monday we had news about them signing The Hinson Girls from South Carolina, and today she has announced that Kim Robins has joined her agency as

WYMT television in Hazard, KY has made the video stream from yesterday evening's funeral services for Ralph Stanley available on YouTube. Many lovers of Stanley's raw version of mountain bluegrass music were tuned in last night as the services were streamed