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This Sunday marks the end of an era in Pennsylvania bluegrass history. Hank Janney, an icon in the Gettysburg area, will do his final radio broadcast for WGTY on August 26. His name was nearly synonymous with the music in Gettysburg. For

This Saturday (August 25) will mark the premier of a new piece of music composed by Jens Kruger, scored for a chamber orchestra and his own ensemble, The Kruger Brothers. The piece, Spirit of the Rockies, will debut in Banff, Alberta

On Monday we shared sad news about the passing of Dale Vanderpool, a professional banjo player from Ohio who had toured extensively with a number of bluegrass artists. He had been receiving treatment for the colon cancer that eventually took

The Infamous Stringdusters have launched a video contest, asking their fans to show what they did on their summer vacation. To enter, you need to create a video slide show made up of your favorite summer photos, with a soundtrack using

While Bill Monroe is considered its father, there is no denying the contributions made to bluegrass music by Earl Scruggs. After his first appearance with the Blue Grass Boys on December 8, 1945, he not only began to inspire new

Seminal first generation banjo player Jim Smoak will be this weekend's guest on Best Of Bluegrass, hosted by Bob Mitchell. The show is broadcast on Radio Bluegrass International (RBI), an online radio service of the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro,

Here is another gallery from last weekend's Gettysburg Bluegrass festival. All photos by Frank Baker.  

Nashville songwriters Larry Cordle, Carl Jackson and Jerry Salley, who have occasionally performed together as The Trio, have been announced as a featured act at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL next week. They will sing at a lunch

I have been around bluegrass radio my whole life. My grandpa, "Moon" Mullins, was a popular disc jockey in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio for forty-five years, and was instrumental in presenting bluegrass and classic country music to the Midwest. My

Chris Jones, noted singer, songwriter, bandleader, radio personality and bluegrass humorist, has something special planned this week for his Sirius XM program, Truegrass. In advance of their mutual birthdays on August 27, Chris is highlighting the music of both Carter Stanley and