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After 12 years on the road with Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, fiddler Justen Haynes is hanging up his bow to focus his efforts on a new business venture he and his wife have started in Virginia. They have

Hank Janney sings with Rhonda Vincent at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival Hank Janney, longtime radio host in Gettysburg, PA, died on December 29, 2017. He was 78 years of age. Anyone who played or listened to bluegrass in south central Pennsylvania was

Tony Wray has been announced as the utility acoustic sideman for the Tyminski band, fronted by bluegrass and AKUS hero Dan Tyminski. Tyminski has recently released an album of gritty alt country with a mountain flavor called Southern Gothic. Wray will be

The prospect of another book written by eminent bluegrass music historian Neil V. Rosenberg always thrills. Having to wait until June this year doesn’t so much.  Rosenberg’s forthcoming Bluegrass Generation: A Memoir relates his experiences during the period from 1961 to

This is fun series in which we ask bluegrass music personalities, some famous, some not so famous, about some of their interests as well as about the music that they love.   Larry Stephenson is instantly recognizable for his crystal-clear tenor

One of the most familiar voices in country music has left us with the passing of Grand Ole Opry announcer Hairl Hensley on New Year's Eve. He worked for WSM and the Opry for more than 35 years, and was

Taking a look back at our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay chart over 2017, we have pulled together this list of the top 30 songs of the year, based on radio play.   ARTIST TITLE LABEL SONGWRITERS TOTAL 1 Terry Baucom & The Dukes of Drive Fourth And Goal John Boy

Each year at the summer RockyGrass festival, the folks at Planet Bluegrass put together a number of special stage performances not available elsewhere as an added incentive to join them in Lyons, CO for three days of bluegrass and new

The Bluegrass Heritage Foundation is a volunteer organization in Texas which serves to promote and support bluegrass music in the state. They are also involved in the annual Bloomin’ Bluegrass Festival & Chili Cook-Off each fall, and also manage a program to

The bluegrass world has lost one of its last connections to the first generation of bluegrass artists with the passing today of Curly Seckler. He had turned 98 years old on Christmas day, and died peacefully just after noon in