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With this mega-gallery, we conclude Frank Baker's superb photo journalism at the August 2012 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. Thanks Frank!

New Day Dawning hits today from The Roys, and with it concludes our 7 week series of videos with a pre-release glimpse of the songs. Special thanks to Lee and Elaine Roy for creating these for Bluegrass Today readers. Now we have

Bluegrass music has a trend of sidemen deciding to take a shot at the job of band leader for themselves. One of the latest to step into the limelight is Kevin Richardson, former member of Lou Reid and Carolina and

The Grass Cats, a North Carolina band long associated with the original music of Russell Johnson, have announced the imminent release of a new CD. This will be their 8th album for New Time Records. The Mountains My Baby And Me

The International Bluegrass Music Association will announce the 8 winners of the initial Momentum Awards during this year's World of Bluegrass in Nashville. Awards will be announced during both the Tuesday and Wednesday night main stage showcases. These new awards honor people

This week we are asking for your help as we do some refining of the site, and make plans for the next revision. Please let us know what sort of content you would most enjoy seeing on Bluegrass Today. Do you

Dr. Tom Bibey, author of The Mandolin Case, passed away on Sunday following a lengthy struggle with cancer. He was a prolific writer on things bluegrass, with his own web site, Stories of the Bluegrass Music Road. He had also been a

Many contemporary bluegrass bands choose to weave multiple genres into their brand of music. For some, this tends to be a modern country sound, whole others prefer a more old time feel. Raleigh, NC-based Kickin Grass Band has taken the latter

This is the last of a four-part series on practicing.  I hope you enjoyed the thoughts of Ron Block, Bryan Sutton, Matt Glazer, and Alan Munde. I like listening to people who are dedicated to their craft and who haven’t

The Roys have announced Matt Downing as their new banjo player. He is taking the spot recently vacated by Sterling Masat who left to accept a faculty position at South Plains College. Matt has been with the group for a few