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This run down of the results from the resurrected fiddlers convention in Union Grove, NC - with a huge gallery of photos - is a contribution from Bethany Prevette. Photos were taken by Katie Lohff. The first annual Carolina Hills Fiddle

Country Gongbang at the 2024 Father's Day Bluegrass Festival - photo © Robin Frenette Many thanks to the good people with the California Bluegrass Association and McGuckin Entertainment PR for sharing these fine photos from last month's big Father's Day Festival

Blue Grass Boogiemen at the 2024 Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival - photo © Victoria Zakharchuk The Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival was again held the final weekend of June at Noordplein in the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Reports from the festival were

Sister Sadie at the 2024 Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival - photo © Ted Lehmann Ted and Irene Lehmann were at this past weekend's Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival in Tunbridge, VT, and shared this nice batch of photos from Thursday and Friday's

Béla Fleck at the 2024 Telluride Bluegrass Festival - photo © Anthony Verkuilen Anthony Verlkuilen spent last weekend in Telluride, CO photographing the stage shows at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, and shared this fine gallery of images.

This review is a contribution from our friend, Ted Lehmann, and first appeared on his blog. We thank him for sharing it with our readers. Craig R. Evans grew up in a solidly mid-western family surrounded by a striving father and

Banjo legend Alan Munde shared this lovely remembrance of his friend and bandmate, fiddler Dave Ferguson, who died recently at 75 years of age. I learned through Dave Ferguson's bother, Greg, that Dave died of a brain tumor. Dave was the fiddle

The Spinney Brothers perform at the Festival Theatre in Wolfville, NS (5/25/24) - photo by Jean Smith This review of The Spinney Brothers' anniversary concert is a contribution from Wendy Elliott, a former reporter for the Valley Journal Advertiser and Register.

Pitney & Meyer Band at the 2024 Pickin' on the Plains bluegrass festival - photo © Cynthia Stamer Thanks to Gary Wiggins for sharing this brief report and a bunch of photos from the 2024 Pickin' on the Plains bluegrass festival

Thanks to our friend, David Carroll, with Hammertowne, for sharing this news. Bluegrass music is truly a family of sorts. When a member of that family passes it leaves a big hole. Beattyville Kentucky's Ron Cornett was not only a beloved programmer