Colebrook Road from Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, took top prize at Sunday’s D.C. Bluegrass Union’s Mid-Atlantic Bluegrass Band Contest: a fantastic event held at the Strathmore’s Amp just outside of the District of Columbia. Colebrook Road won over the judges and the
Fred Weisz, noted fiddler and graduate of the 1960s bluegrass scene in New York city, died last week in Everett, WA. He was 71 years of age and had been suffering from both mental and physical illness for some time. He
Buddy Melton and Milan Miller have released a video to introduce everyone to their new duo album, Secrets, Dreams & Pretty Things. Buddy, of course, is the fiddler and tenor singer with Balsam Range, and Milan is a noted songwriter who
Once Upon A Time, the latest release from West Virginia's Circa Blue on Orange Blossom Records, is without question their most ambitious and artistically successful recording to date. And it's a testament to the dedication and perseverance of Steve Harris,
OK... here is the last batch of round one polls for our March MASHness competition at Bluegrass Today. This time it's the Leading Ladies, where readers are asked to choose in four match ups between eight pioneering women in bluegrass music. Gets your
John Boy & Billy have released a new single from Terry Baucom and his band, The Dukes of Drive. It's Terry's follow-up to last year's hit, The Rock, which was the most played song of 2015 in our Bluegrass Today Weekly
The Bluegrass Island Festival on North Carolina's Outer Banks may be the fastest growing event in bluegrass. Just a few years out from their 2013 debut as the Outer Banks Bluegrass Festival, the Hemilright family of Manteo has continued to
This review of a recent Tony Trischka concert is a contribution from Jack Tottle. When Tony Trischka steps into the spotlight at the East Hawaii Cultural Center in Hilo, Hawaii, the first thing that grabs the audience is his banjo. The entire length
OK... here we are with the third division polls in our 2016 March MASHness at Bluegrass Today. Following a bracket devised by Daniel Mullins, we are asking readers to choose their favorites in a one-on-one style competition, modeled after the annual NCAA
It's time to vote in the second, first round ballot in our Bluegrass Today March MASHness reader's poll. Over the next two weeks we will go through the bracket, a la NCAA basketball, to pick our favorite artist in the
