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Thanks to a grant from The Foundation For Bluegrass Music, The Gaston School of the Arts in Gastonia, North Carolina will be hosting The Bluegrass Project on October 14-15, 2011. The project consists of activities for both students and teachers,

Another band that made some waves at IBMA 2011 is Della Mae, who not only played some solid music at several late night showcases, but helped smash a number of stereotypes along the way. They perform without a banjo, in complete

Dailey & Vincent are set to perform on tonight's (10/13) special Thursday edition of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. The Thursday show is billed as Opry Country Classics, bringing a number of long-time Opry favorites back to the show. Dailey &

Chris Jones, Sirius-XM radio personality, touring bluegrass singer/songwriter, and beloved Bluegrass Today columnist, has been hospitalized in Europe. He and his group, The Nightdrivers, had just concluded a European tour and Chris was preparing to depart for a flight home when

While publicly I’m all for big tents that allow more people to be part of (or at least buy a ticket for) this thing we call bluegrass, personally I have a very narrow definition: Bluegrass is whatever Bill Monroe whistled in

I attended the Tennessee Fall Homecoming at the Museum of Appalachia over the weekend. While there I managed to catch up with three different bands that share a common thread. The Quebe Sisters Band, Southern Raised and The Bates Family

Earlier this year, we had a guest contribution from Brandon Adams, in which he described his hopes and goals with regard to attending the 2011 World Of Bluegrass as a songwriter. Here is his follow-up report. This year's IBMA went by pretty

Our friend Ted Lehmann has posted a nice overview of the Keynote presentations offered during the 2011 IBMA World of Bluegrass convention in Nashville. In a break from the past, IBMA hosted a trio of Keynotes this year instead of just

Josh Kohn with the National Council for the Traditional Arts reminded us about a show tonight (10/12) by Linda Lay & Springfield Exit at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Linda has been a fixture on the bluegrass scene for many

After an eight year gap since their last release Eddie and Martha Adcock, TwoGrass, have a new album on the market. As the credits show on the CD the Adcocks are assisted on this self-produced Patuxent Music release, Many a Mile,