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It is every artist's dream to think that their creations will remain in the public's mind years after they pass from this earth. There has to be a reason why theatergoers flock to see Shakespeare's plays 400 years after his

Everything has been coming up roses of late for Alan Bibey. Though he has been working as a professional grasser for more than 35 years, the past few have seen recognition come his way like it never had before. Winning

Alan Bibey & Grasstowne have announced a new agreement with Main Attraction Management to provide booking representation and artist management. The boutique bluegrass agency is owned by Joe Mullins, and run by Laura Mainer, agent. Bibey will join other top artists

Surely among the most enigmatic artists anywhere near bluegrass and acoustic music is Chris Thile, whose entertainment career has exploded since he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2012. The award brings tremendous attention to its annual recipients, and includes

Anyone remember Z Mandolins? A couple of years ago a media executive and mandolin enthusiast named Lee Zapis set to work creating a F-5 style instrument made almost entirely of a carbon fiber composite material. He researched this as an experiment,

Nothing says that bluegrass is getting back to normal like the annual band shuffles that take place at the beginning of the festival season. And with the warmer weather, that is exactly where we are. Wildfire has announced that Scott Napier

Attention mandolin fans! Billy Blue Records has released an interesting one-off single featuring two of the preeminent bluegrass mandolinists of the past 35 years, Doyle Lawson and Alan Bibey. Both have been innovators in our music for decades, and while Lawson

For the past five years, fans of fiddle wizard Andy Leftwich have been suffering from withdrawal. Andy stepped out of the limelight in 2016 when he took his leave from Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, and other than some studio

When we are a decade or so down the road from the great COVID scare of 2020, you are likely to find musicians and artists of every type when they congregate, talking about what they did during that time to

Lorraine Jordan autographs the back of the Loar mandolin prize for Jo Jo Murphy Earlier this year Lorraine Jordan launched a mandolin giveaway in celebration of the success of her Pinecastle Records single, Bill Monroe’s Ol Mandolin. Working with her friends at