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Danny Roberts, founding mandolinist with The Grascals, is stepping out front again this year with another solo project with Mountain Home Music. A second single from this next album, How I Live, How I'll Die, which delivers a somber look at

Jason Fraley, long time mandolinist/baritone singer with Deeper Shade of Blue, stepped down from the band at the end of 2022. He was prepping for extensive double jaw surgery, and looking to focus more on his family and his work

With the digital age, music, including bluegrass, is being presented in a lot of different types and formats. Jeremiah Gilmer, a young southern Virginia-based graphic designer, works a day job and plays music in his spare time from his home,

Turnberry Records will be the home for an exciting new collaborative project that features bluegrass legend Bobby Osborne and C.J. Lewandowski of The Po' Ramblin' Boys. Recording is set to begin next month with Bobby and C.J. co-producing, and support from

Michigan-area bluegrass musician Gary Adams passed away on Monday, January 23. He had very recently been diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour.  Gary Lee Adams was born Harts Creek (Logan County), West Virginia, on January 1, 1952. He began playing at

West Virginia's Chandler Beavers, currently mandolinist with Caleb Bailey & Paine's Run, has released a debut single from his upcoming album, an original instrumental titled Commencement. Written in the basic fiddle tune style, Chandler takes it for a jammy turn after

Central North Carolina-based bluegrass band, Grass Strings, formed in 1975. They played their first show at Pfeiffer College in January 1976, and have been performing ever since. The band has seen many changes in personnel throughout the years, but one

Mandolin wunderkind Wyatt Ellis from Maryville, Tennessee, had a thirteenth year full of experiences that most of us wouldn't believe if we hadn't seen his story unfold before us on social media. Highlights of 2022 for the young mandolin player

Mandolinist Joe Walsh has just released his latest album of original music, If Not Now, Who?, on Adhyaropa Records, a collection that covers his wide understanding of modern acoustic music. For several years bluegrass fans enjoyed Joe's playing as a member

Backline, an up-and-coming contemporary bluegrass group from northwestern South Carolina that focuses on original material, has announced that Jason Connor has joined the group on mandolin. Jacob is 28 years of age from Conover, NC, and has experience playing of late