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Here we are at round three of our 2016 March MASHness readers poll to determine the top bluegrass performer of all time! We had meant to get this up on Friday, but alas. We had another batch of closely contested contests in round two,

Steve Gulley has prepared a brief video to introduce a new album, East Tennessee Sunrise, from his good friend, Stuart Wyrick. It was recorded at Steve's Curve Studio and is set for a fall release on Rural Rhythm Records. Stuart is an

The Dappled Grays, an Atlanta-based band that has been together for just over sixteen years, is the kind of group that doesn’t let stylistic boundaries confine them. They call themselves a bluegrass band, and they are a bluegrass band –

Old Salt Union from Belleville, IL has released a music video for one of the songs from their new EP, Cut & Run. The contemporary bluegrass outfit with a jamgrass vibe consists of John Brighton on fiddle, Dustin Eiskant on guitar, Jesse Farrar on bass, Ryan

This reflection on the sense of community we all enjoy at bluegrass festivals is a contribution from Nate Sipe, mandolinist with Pert Near Sandstone. He also looks at how hosting and co-curating the lineup at the Blue Ox Music Festival

One hot new Broadway musical, complete with banjos, mandolins, fiddles and the like, is called Bright Star. It incorporates old timey and bluegrassy music and instruments in a story that takes place in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Weaving between 1945 and 1923,

This month’s Songwriter’s Back Story features the song Old Train, written by Herb Pedersen and the late, Nikki Pedersen (plus as a bonus, Wait A Minute, also by Herb). It was recorded first by The Seldom Scene in 1973 as the title

This story by Christina Hobert and Anna Nichols was originally published March 17, 2016 in The Trailblazer, the official student newspaper of Morehead State University in Kentucky. They have graciously consented to having it reprinted here. Thanks to Raymond McLain, Director of

As bluegrass music moves ever closer to the mainstream of America's and the world's cultural mainstream,  influences from outside the southeastern US will continue to mold and reshape its sound. Already bands in Europe and Japan are distinguishing themselves by

This report on the long-running series of bluegrass shows in Sandy Ridge, NC is a contribution from Jay Adams, banjo player with Rich in Tradition. Jay assumed management of this popular local tradition in 2010 when its founder, Cleo Lemons,