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Summer Brooke & Mountain Faith have announced the newest member of their touring group. Nate Burie is coming onboard to play mandolin in place of Cory Piatt, who is leaving after next weekend. Nate is from Milwaukee, where he had been

The new home of the International Bluegrass Music Museum is set to open to the public during a three-day event in Owensboro, KY October 18-20. According to executive director Chris Joslin, the opening event will feature live music, tours of

Following our article last week announcing that Rhonda Vincent would be performing the music from her upcoming Bluegrass Legends project at the Uncle Dave Macon Days Festival in July, we had a chance to talk with Rhonda about the live

Jessie Baker with Dailey & Vincent at the Jekyll Island Bluegrass Festival (1/9/18) - photo © B Chord Photography Jessie Baker, banjo player and vocalist with Dailey & Vincent, has announced his immediate departure from the band owing to debilitating pain

Mountain Home Music has a new single out today from Darin & Brooke Aldridge, a powerful testament to hope in God, perfectly suited to the day Christians celebrate the sacrifice of the cross. The couple, who have been lauded in both

Award-winning bluegrass bass player Missy Raines has a new single released today, the first for her upcoming Compass Records project, Royal Traveller. Swept Away was written by Laurie Lewis, and recorded by Missy with the assistance of The First Ladies of

Woody Platt is the guitarist and lead vocalist in the Steep Canyon Rangers, founded in 2000; he handles most of the band’s business matters.   He grew up in the mountains of western North Carolina, where music was always around, and he

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville has announced that Ricky Skaggs will be among the three artists inducted in 2018. Skaggs will be going in as a Modern Era Artist, while Dottie West goes in as a

Les Woodie, first generation bluegrass fiddler, passed away on Friday, March 23 at Lynchburg General Hospital in Lynchburg, VA. He was 86 years of age. Born Lester Gene Woodie on September 20, 1931 in Valdese, NC, Les became a fan of the early bluegrass

When CMH Records was founded by German immigrant Martin Haerle in 1975, he and his partner, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, focused on contemporary bluegrass and traditional country music. Haerle had become a fan of the music while he lived in Germany, and