• The 2014 Joe Val Bluegrass Festival

    This past weekend was the 29th annual Joe Val Bluegrass Festival. This is my third winter living in New England, but my first time attending the festival. There are many things that differentiate between festivals: the venue, the talent, the quality

  • New IIIrd Tyme Out members announced

    Russell Moore has announced the two newest members of IIIrd Tyme Out. Keith McKinnon is coming aboard on banjo, and Blake Johnson on bass. This was necessitated by the departures of both Steve Dilling and Edgar Loudermilk last month, both of whom had been

  • New Start for Adkins & Loudermilk

    Dave Adkins and Edgar Loudermilk both had pretty good gigs going when they chatted backstage at the Musicians Against Childhood Cancer festival earlier this year. They wrote a song together, then another, and a couple more after that. They sang and

  • Edgar Loudermilk leaving IIIrd Tyme Out

    2014 will bring a very different look for Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out. In addition to last week's announcement that banjo player Steve Dilling would be leaving at the end of this year, Moore has announced today that bass player

  • OBX Bluegrass 2013

    This report from the 2013 Outer Banks Bluegrass festival comes from Carmen Evans, with photos from our own Woody Edwards. Well, you couldn't visit the Wright Brothers Memorial, fish out of Oregon Inlet Fishing Center, or park as expected at Fort

  • Russell Moore and Wayne Benson at IBMA 2013

    Among the bluegrass celebrities we caught up with last week in Raleigh were Russell Moore and Wayne Benson from IIIrd Tyme Out. We talked about Timeless Hits From The Past, Bluegrassed, their current album with Cracker Barrel, and how working

  • The Bluegrass Ramble Kicks Off In Raleigh

    The late night showcases have always been a staple of IBMA's World of Bluegrass Business Conference. This year, the late night showcases have gone through a bit of change. Under the name "Bluegrass Ramble," the showcases have been moved from