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This report is a contribution from Skip Tucker of Birmingham, AL The legendary Birmingham bluegrass show band, Three on a String, wore tuxedos on stage for the first time in its storied half-century career. It had to. They were inducted over

This obituary is a contribution from C.P. Heaton, longtime Florida bluegrass musician. Ken Fish, "Your Bluegrass Reporter" for the Jacksonville Florida Times Union from 1977 to 1999, died on February 7, 2023. He was 87 years of age. He was a lifetime

This report from the 2023 Barcelona Bluegrass Camp, held in Spain, is a contribution from Michael Luchtan, and American living in the region. Hello Bluegrass friends! We celebrated our 8th annual Barcelona Bluegrass Camp (BBC) this year, March 3-4. It was a

Alan Stowell performing recently in Florida, and as a younger man This obituary is a contribution from C.P. Heaton, Alan's regular pickin' partner on guitar and banjo in the Gainesville clubs for many years. Florida fiddler and guitarist Alan Stowell, 78, died

This recollection is a contribution from Tom Schuveiller, co-host of Inside Bluegrass on The Bluegrass Jamboree. He describes what he witnessed as Doyle Lawson gave an impromptu lesson to a young picker backstage a few years ago.  It was January of

This obituary is a contribution from Myrna Riquier, founder of the Still Pickin' trio, longtime volunteer at the Podunk Music Festival, and perhaps the oldest working bluegrass bassist in New England when she retired at 82 four years ago. Connecticut and

This report on the 2023 Midwinter Bluegrass Festival is a contribution from Kevin Slick, President of the Colorado Bluegrass Music Society. The Midwinter Bluegrass Festival, a Colorado tradition since 1986, returned this past weekend in Northglenn, CO. Between COVID shut-downs and festival

This review is a contribution from bluegrass guitarist and educator, Tony Watt, who manages Bluegrass Tuesdays in Cambridge, MA. This past Saturday, Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass headlined the first-ever Saturday night bluegrass show at Lily P’s Fried Chicken &

Russ Hooper with Speedy Krise, and with Bluestone This profile of Chesapeake region reso-guitar legend Russ Hooper is a contribution from Thomas Cook. Russ Hooper of Baltimore, Maryland is a member of the Dobro Hall of Fame, has played on over 514 recorded

Today is the release date for a new Christmas single from Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, with a special guest vocal performance from Paul Williams, who is an old friend of the Mullins family. As this weekend is the 60th