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A medical fund has been established for the benefit of James Schlender, who bluegrass fans know as the fiddler with Songs From The Road Band. James had to undergo valve replacement surgery today to repair a leak in his heart, resulting from

Jerry Douglas is a multi-tasker. When he performed at Jam in the Trees festival in Black Mountain, North Carolina recently, he played solo, and then later that night, he made one of his frequent guest appearances with the Shooter Jennings

Jr Williams, in the hospital on Wednesday, and getting the oil changed on Thursday Jr Williams, the gregarious banjo player with NewTown spent the past two days in the hospital getting a pacemaker installed. He tells us that his heart rate had

Adam Haynes' Scotty Stoneman fiddle, after restoration was completed - photo by RJ Storm Some of the most popular articles we have published in recent years have been about older instruments and the bluegrass artists who have owned them. With a

Scott Napier and Lauren Price - photo by Megan Sweeting Over the Labor Day weekend, there was a beautiful bluegrass wedding in Kentucky. Lauren Price, the mandolin playing half of The Price Sisters, was married to Scott Napier, mandolinist with Lost and

When County Sales announced their dissolution late last year, a collective sigh went up within the bluegrass and old time music community. The venerable mail order business based in Floyd, VA had supplied first LPs, then tapes, and finally compact

Gonna Rise And Shine from Alan Bibey & Grasstowne has been tearing up our Bluegrass Today Weekly Gospel AirPlay chart this past few weeks, spending the last two at #1. It's an old time, 4 part Gospel number written by Barney

Mark and Eileen Schatz Once again, the acoustic music community is coming together to help one of its own. A benefit concert for Eileen Carson Schatz will be held Sunday, September 16, at The Hamilton in Washington DC. Eileen learned in March

Those who knew the late Chuck Stearman, founder and long time proprietor of SPBGMA (Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America), will know that in addition to bluegrass music, he had a passion for vintage and antique signage.

In today's music market where one-off contracts and album leasing is common, it's a bit rare to see multi-project commitments from record labels. But Mountain Fever Records in Virginia must see something truly special in Amanda Cook, as they have