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As has been noted on these pages previously, Billy Droze has all the makings of a superstar. With any number of hit singles to his credit — which he’s penned for The Grascals, Junior Sisk, Flatt Lonesome, Darryl Worley, Shenandoah,

Ask Sonny Anything is a recurring feature where our readers pose questions to the great Sonny Osborne, one half of the iconic Osborne Brothers who redefined bluegrass music in the 1960s, and noted banjo maven and collector of fine prewar

Noted bluegrass fiddler Jim Brock passed away on October 16, 2019, at Aliceville Manor Nursing Home, Aliceville, Alabama. He was 85 years old.  James Earl ‘Jim’ Brock Sr. was born on August 5, 1934, in Lamar County, Alabama, an area with

Helen White, founder of Junior Appalachian Musicians, died on October 14. She was 69 years of age, and passed away at home after suffering a heart attack. Born in Washington, DC, Helen traveled widely before settling in western North Carolina after

Nashville's venerable Grand Ole Opry has been broadcasting over WSM radio coming up on 94 years next month, and was a crucial factor in the spread of the early bluegrass music to the rest of the southeastern US from the

Last week at the 50th annual Dove Awards in Nashville, Joe and Daniel Mullins received a special honor, the Radio Impact Award, for their work on the syndicated weekly bluegrass Gospel program, Front Porch Fellowship. Joe is the show's host,

Buddy Michaels has been broadcasting on the radio in North Carolina for 45 years. During his career he has worked in many music genres - rock n roll, country, and Gospel - but for 35 of those years, he has

The Cleverlys have made their career serving as the court jesters of bluegrass, entertaining folks with witty, grassified covers of pop hits with a humorous twist. But a big part of why the joke works is because they are all

Ronnie Bowman is back with a third single from his upcoming solo project with Englehardt Music Group, a rip snorter of a song from Cowboy Copas called Alabam. And he has a couple of his Nashville singing buddies along for the

We have written a number of times about the project to restore the sole existing 35mm print of the film, Bluegrass Country Soul, originally released for theatrical distribution in 1972. The film, a project undertaken by producer/director Albert Ihde, captured hours