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Tony Rice with his Accutron (on right) - photo © Scott Simontacchi There are many avid fans of the late Tony Rice who knew about his passion for vintage Accutron timepieces, one as deep and enduring as his love for bluegrass music,

A local San Francisco Bay Area pickin' buddy friend, Scott Dailey, from the Stoney Mountain Ramblers, reached out to me about a project he initiated to spruce up the Charles Sawtelle Memorial Bench in Boulder, Colorado. The original bench was

Terry Baucom has announced the newest member of his touring and recording group, the Dukes of Drive. And it's someone who has been associated with Bauc for a good many of his 50 years in the business. Clay Jones joins the

The Davidson Brothers, Hamish and Lachlan, surely among Australia's most notable bluegrass acts, have announced Jacob McGuffie as the recipient of the 2021 Australian Bluegrass Scholarship. Since 2011, the Davidsons have awarded a $1500 cash grant and a day in the

Kimberly Dalton, Jeff Huss, Brian Dickel, and Mark Dalton of Huss & Dalton Jeff Huss, co-founder of the Huss & Dalton Guitar Company, has announced his retirement after more than 25 years building top flight steel string acoustic guitars in Virginia's

Nothin' Fancy has announced the addition of a new band member. Jake Lauzon has joined the group on guitar, giving them the opportunity to declare themselves to be an international outfit! Jake is a native of Markham, Ontario and grew up

Diligent readers of Bluegrass Today will recognize the name Troy Johnson, one half of Nebraska's Banjo Loco, who we profiled here some years back. Along with Matt Manning, the two perform on electrified banjo family instruments, with Johnson holding down

Earlier this week we wrote about the 13 students who graduated last week from East Tennessee State University with either a bachelor's degree or a minor concentration from the Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Must Studies program. Today we have

We finally caught up with Josh Williams last night to discuss his surprise announcement over the weekend that he was leaving his position as guitarist and vocalist with Rhonda Vincent & The Rage. In fact, Josh isn't so much leaving Rhonda,

It is every artist's dream to think that their creations will remain in the public's mind years after they pass from this earth. There has to be a reason why theatergoers flock to see Shakespeare's plays 400 years after his