Bluegrass lovers enjoying live music at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival - photo by Frank Baker Last Friday night, in Kodak, TN, Darin & Brooke Aldridge were no more than a few measures into Tear Stained Letter when I scribbled in my
Author: David Morris
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Still Here – Steve Gulley & Tim Stafford
The ultimate irony in Still Here, the stellar project from Tim Stafford and Steve Gulley, is that one of them no longer is. But before Gulley died last year after a short fight with cancer, he and Stafford finished most of
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Station Inn owner J.T. Gray passes
J.T. Gray, who transformed the Station Inn into a must-make stop amid Nashville's glitzier clubs, died over the weekend, the venue's Facebook page announced Sunday. He was 75 years of age. Gray, inducted into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame in September,
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Decision Looms for 2021 World of Bluegrass and Festival
IBMA’s board of directors and staff are hard at work to determine how World of Bluegrass will be held in 2021. In a perfect world, of course, the business conference and music fair would be held in person in late September
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Friends and fans chip in to help Frosty’s family
The tightknit bluegrass family is pitching in in a big way to help Aaron "Frosty" Foster’s family pay his final expenses following the 28-year-old's unexpected passing Wednesday. Like many musicians, the young picker didn't have insurance, leaving unpaid medical bills and
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Aaron “Frosty” Foster, gone way too soon at 28
Of all of the tributes in the wake of Wednesday’s unexpected death of bluegrass ambassador, Aaron "Frosty" Foster, this is what stands out to me the most: Several people I interviewed volunteered that Aaron was their best friend. Several older than
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Jimmy Rupert – Remembering the guy who got me started
Jimmy Rupert was a big fish in a small pond. So small, in fact, that I’m sure few if any Bluegrass Today readers have heard of him before now. But I wouldn't be writing this, and you wouldn't be reading it,
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Valerie Smith recovering at home from COVID-19
Bluegrass utility player Valerie Smith continues to recover at her home near Nashville after a bout with the coronavirus that required two overnight stays in the emergency room. Smith, 54, became ill two weeks ago, while caring for her daughter and
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Tony Rice – a giant among us; his peers react
The night Tony Rice first made grown men cry was in September 2013. In a speech marking his induction into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame, Rice labored through his early remarks in the raspy, broken voice we had become
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Swing For The Fences – Phil Leadbetter and the All Stars of Bluegrass
Pandemic or not, everyone is busy this time of year, so I'll get straight to the point: Swing For The Fences, from Phil Leadbetter and the All Stars of Bluegrass, is my favorite bluegrass project of 2020. There were many outstanding projects,










