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Vicki Dillard, wife of the recently-departed banjo legend Doug Dillard, has shared a few words about her husband's funeral last week. Doug had passed away on May 16 following a number of health issues over the past year. Here is Vicki's brief

We have learned that the family of Doc Watson has been called to his side at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. Doc has been hospitalized there for the past few days, undergoing surgery on Thursday evening to repair an impacted colon,

This week we are going to remember the life and times of America’s Blue Yodeler, the Singing Brakeman, and the Father of Country Music: the late, great Jimmie Rodgers. On Saturday, May 26, Jimmie Rodgers will have been gone 79

Cia Cherryholmes and Stetson Adkisson cemented their ongoing musical partnership last weekend. The pair was married in a small private ceremony May 20 in Nashville. Cia's grandfather, the Rev. Gene Cherryholmes, and Stetson's as well, the Rev. Grant Adkisson, officiated jointly. The wedding

This week we are going to remember the life and times of America’s Blue Yodeler, the Singing Brakeman, and the Father of Country Music: the late, great Jimmie Rodgers. On Saturday, May 26, Jimmie Rodgers will have been gone 79

Jerry Douglas, the reigning superstar of the resonator slide guitar, has released a video trailer to introduce his upcoming album, Traveler, due June 26 on eOne Music (formerly Koch Records). As long time fans are well aware, Jerry cut his musical teeth

If you're a bluegrass fan that has been around for a while, you're no doubt familiar with a handful of elite sidemen from days gone by who held their job with only one band for a great number of years.

This welcome progress report comes from Phil Leadbetter, noted resonator guitarist (J.D. Crowe, Wildfire, Grasstowne, The Whites), and everyone's favorite Uncle Phil. As many of you know, I was diagnosed in March 2011 with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. This is a form of

Doc Watson's surgery last night has been described as successful, and we are told that Watson came through it well. Sources tell us that his entire colon was removed, and that Doc is resting as comfortably as can be expected after

We have learned that Doc Watson is scheduled to undergo extensive surgery this evening at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. He was admitted there this morning after his health failed while in another hospital recovering from a fall. This procedure is