Rodney Dillard has been an important part of American music this past fifty some years. In the '60s, he helped introduce traditional music to a new generation as a member of The Dillards on The Andy Griffith Show. Rodney was
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IBMA Trust Fund creates COVID-19 relief fund
Within our bluegrass community, the first topic to come up in conversation amongst ourselves - after inquiring about everyone's health - is how much work has been lost since the coronavirus shutdown. With all venues down to the neighborhood bar closed
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Barry Abernathy adopts two young children, one with his same birth defect
We were all amazed and impressed the first time that we saw Barry Abernathy pick the banjo. Born with only a thumb and stub of an index finger on his left hand, he reached over the top of the banjo
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StowTown purchases Vine Records as a bluegrass imprint
StowTown Records in Johnson City, TN, a Gospel music record company launched in 2011, has announced the acquisition of Vine Records, which they will brand as their bluegrass label. When StowTown was founded, co-owner Wayne Haun focused his energy on the
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Cold Wind – new Mile Twelve track with Billy Strings
Mile Twelve is showing the can do attitude that has marked their rapid rise in the bluegrass world in the face of the shutdown early this year. With much of their touring cancelled for the next few months, they remain
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Throwback photos from 2005 Lewis Family Homecoming
Let’s wander back to the 2005 edition of the Lewis Family Homecoming, their annual festival. Norman Adams and Tony Anderson were the promoters. Norman and Judy are promoting the current festival, held at the Elijah Clark State Park in Lincolnton,
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Digger Cleverly calls out Balsam Range (updated)
Whoa... stuff just got real! The ongoing feud between bluegrass touring artists Balsam Range and The Cleverlys just ramped up a notch. Digger Cleverly, leader of his witty family band, has leveled a serious allegation against his buddies from western North Carolina.
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Tim O’Brien talks songwriting with Randy Barrett
This interview was conducted in February 2018. It was meant to be the first episode of a new radio show focused on the craft of songwriting that never panned out. Tim O'Brien is a great hero of mine, and a
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John Kaparakis passes
John Kaparakis on second guitar with Clarence White and The New Kentucky Colonels John Kaparakis, bluegrass guitarist and tenor singer, passed away earlier this month at what we believe was 83 years of age. This remembrance of his life is a
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Ask Sonny Anything… How about Lester?
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