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One might think that a cabin deep in the Canadian wilderness may be an unusual place for masters of old-time southern music to live and work, but Pharis and Jason Romero prove this idea wrong. Not only does this husband-and-wife

Tonight is the deadline to register for the online lottery to attend the 2012 RockyGrass Academy in Lyons, CO. The Academy is held each year for the week preceding the RockyGrass festival in July, with instructors are typically culled from the

Paying tribute to Bill Monroe with a recording of his songs presents a different challenge than it would for any other musician I can think of. The prime mover behind the creation of bluegrass music, his output forms more of

Scott Holstein was born in Boone County, in the heart of the coalfields of West Virginia, and he has chosen that imagery for the title of his album, Cold Coal Town. His mother and father both played bluegrass Gospel music as far

On December 6, IBMA will host “Making the Most of Your Next Interview,” a webinar for artists and broadcasters. Award-wining hosts Katy Daley (WAMU’s Bluegrass Country) and Cindy Baucom (Knee-Deep in Bluegrass) will tackle some of the issues facing both sides of the

We made a brief reference to Phil Leadbetter on Monday, discussing the changes in Grasstowne over the past five years. We also mentioned that he was continuing cancer treatments for Hodgkin's Lymphoma, a diagnosis he received in March of this year. Here is

Rural Rhythm Records has released a video for the song My Sittin' Window from Blue Moon Rising's latest album, Strange New World. It was produced and directed by Clint Keller and features on-screen performances by band members Chris West, Tony Mowell and

I made a solemn promise last week to wrap up this series-within-a-series on the naming of bluegrass bands, and I fully intend to keep my word. I was even tempted to move on to the next subject in the band

Pam Rice has posted that she has brought Tony home from the hospital, where he is continuing treatment for pneumonia. She says that he does not generally tolerate antibiotics or steroids well, but that he is taking his medications and

The Birchmere is hosting a 40th Anniversary celebration for the much-heralded Seldom Scene on November 26. In what the Birchmere bills as “an evening with The 40th Anniversary Celebration with very special guests Mike Auldridge, Tom Gray and John Starling” America’s