The International Bluegrass Music Association in Nashville has announced the 30 artists and acts invited to showcase during their 2019 World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh, NC later this summer. Showcase artists are selected in a competitive process each year for
Mandolin virtuoso Frank Wakefield was hospitalized recently after being diagnosed with a combination of acute influenza and acute pneumonia. The lifelong bluegrass performer is approaching his 85th birthday in June. He was well enough to be discharged on Friday, April 26
George Matthews at The Flagler Museum Bluegrass event with The Gibson Brothers Jamie Dailey, one half of the Dailey & Vincent phenomenon, shares his respect for George Matthews and the Flagler Museum bluegrass series. In an ever-changing interdependent world, old school traditional
Jacob Wright is now the full time banjo player with Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers. The Blacksburg, VA native started out filling in on banjo with Larry last year, but is now working with him on a regular basis. Prior
The latest album from The Cleverlys (Blue - on Mountain Home) is doing well on our chart, showing that bluegrass radio has embraced it. But there can be no doubt that the best way to experience their comedic and musical
Alan Bibey has announced the latest member of Grasstowne - Tony Watt, from Boston, has joined the group on guitar. Tony's entreé to the band was a direct one. His wife, Laura Orshaw, is their fiddler, and when Mike Bentley stepped aside
Eastman Guitars is bringing a new innovation to their acoustic guitar line. They call it their Double Top Series of instruments, and it involves a unique hybrid material for the guitar tops. Many guitar aficionados will have read about various polymer
Asheville, NC's Unspoken Tradition has a new single this week, taken from their new album, Myths We Tell Our Young, due to release tomorrow on Mountain Home Music. For the single, they have chosen one called Force Of Nature, written by
John Eberle, a mastering engineer of the highest order in Nashville, died April 12 at at Dickson Health and Rehab in Dickson, TN. He was 79 years of age. It would be impossible to overstate Eberle's importance in music industry circles.
Bob Cornett, a leader in bluegrass festival management in the eastern United States died on April 11. He was 89 years of age. Cornett and his family launched a number on festivals that are still in operation. In 1974 he and
