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Sideline is wishing their young fiddler, Nathan Aldridge well, as he departs the band to join another touring group. While they send him off with high hopes for his future in bluegrass music, it also puts them in something of

Despite the highly descriptive name, The Monroe Mandolin Camp is not just for students of the mandolin style pioneered by the Father of Bluegrass. The five-day workshop includes instruction on banjo, fiddle, guitar, and bass as well as Big Mon's

After 12 years on the road with Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, fiddler Justen Haynes is hanging up his bow to focus his efforts on a new business venture he and his wife have started in Virginia. They have

For many charitable folks, Goodwill is a place to donate old clothes and furniture that have gone out of style. For an anonymous donor in the Kansas City area, it was apparently a place to drop off a noteworthy fiddle

This is the time for New Year's resolutions, and a great many of us take the occasion of the new year to make pledges or promises to ourselves, our families, or our friends. Some are vague in the "lose weight"

Raise your hand if you are the parent or grandparent of a youngster who received their first violin over the holidays. Perhaps you are even the ones who gave the gift. There is often a feeling of helplessness that accompanies such

Fletcher Bright at Bluegrass on the Grass 2015 - photos by Frank Baker Fletcher Bright, noted bluegrass fiddler, businessman, and philanthropist, died early Christmas morning. He was 86 years of age. He was a beloved and well-known figure in all three spheres,

The dream for every college student - and every parent back home mailing the checks - is to find a job in their field right after graduation. It doesn't always work out that way, but when it does, it's generally

Thornton Spencer, fiddle player with The Whitetop Mountain Band, passed away on Saturday evening, November 25, 2017. A U.S. Army veteran, he was 82 years of age when he passed Born on November 12, 1935, in Rugby, Virginia, Thornton Lee Spencer

Folks in Letcher County, KY are mighty proud of Kenny Baker, and all the music he made over his life. Kenny spent more than two dozen years playing fiddle with Bill Monroe, and several more performing with Josh Graves after