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It was a perfect day for bluegrass on Sunday in Garner, NC at the Panther Branch Community Center. Lorraine Jordan hosted a benefit show for Tommy Long, guitar player and vocalist of The Carolina Road Band. Tommy has been fighting

Tim Stafford of Blue Highway's next album, Acoustic Guitar, won't be released until later this month, but he has created this photo collage video to share the record's sole vocal track, I Am America. It was written by Tim with Bobby

Jim Rollins, life long banjo picker and friend to everyone in bluegrass, died last night in Greenville County, SC after his car was struck by another vehicle. He was 54 years of age. According to the Greenville County Coroner, Jim was

The Sisters Folk Festival in Oregon has announced the cancellation of this weekend's event, owing to the poor air quality at the festival site in the central part of the state. Wildfires in Oregon, along with others in California and

We've written often about Ernie and Debi Evans who, through their company, Evans Media Source, help manage more than a dozen bluegrass festivals and concert series in Florida. Through their many contacts with venues in the state that promote and

We hear from time to time about bluegrass artists who go on to achieve greater success in pop music, but rarely does the story go the other way. Until we get to Bernie Faulker. As a young man, he was touring

Wendy Thatcher with Eddie Adcock and IInd Generation (June 1970) - photo © Larry Marschall Jan Erin “Wendy” Thatcher, best known in bluegrass for her association with Eddie Adcock, passed away on August 28, 2017. She has been described as “a powerhouse

Jeff Brown on stage - photo © 2017 by Mike Duncan Jeff Brown has made quite a name for himself on the traditional side of the bluegrass ledger in recent years. After several years touring with Larry Sparks in the '90s,

Here is a great "power of bluegrass" story, sure to warm the hearts of music lovers, and fans of small town life. New Martinsville, WV is a small town of about 5,000 people which serves as the county seat for Wetzel

Pete Kuykendall, circa 1960 - photo courtesy of Bluegrass Unlimited Wednesday morning’s funeral for bluegrass icon Pete Kuykendall was a lot like the songs he wrote: Arranged with precision, filled with some memorable lines, short, and to the point. What wasn’t short