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This review of Jubilation, the new album from Appalachian Road Show on Billy Blue Records, is a contribution from Mason Via, a strong young bluegrass singer and songwriter, currently working with Old Crow Medicine Show. The album opens with the warm

Buster Sledge at the debut Trafaria Bluegrass Festival by the River in Portugal This report is a contribution from Portuguese banjoist Andre Dal, who both attended and performed at Portugal's very first bluegrass festival. Trafaria Bluegrass - Festival by the River happened

Darin & Brooke Aldridge at the inaugural Earl Scruggs Music Festival, Labor Day 2022 - photo by Bryce Lafoon Here is another gallery of images shot by Bryce Lafoon of Lightshifter Studios during the Earl Scruggs Music Festival over Labor Day

Béla Fleck at the debut Earl Scruggs Music Festival, September 2022 - photo © Bryce Lafoon Here is another gallery of Bryce Lafoon's photos from the very first Earl Scruggs Music Festival in Mill Spring, NC over Labor Day weekend 2022. We

This special anniversary remembrance of Bill Monroe is a contribution from Richard D. Smith, author of the definitive biography of Big Mon, Can't You Hear Me Callin': The Life of Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass. We greatly appreciate his essay. On this

Becky Buller at the 2022 Earl Scruggs Music Festival - photo © Bryce Lafoon Bryce Lafoon with Lightshifter Studios was staked out at the stage during the first ever Earl Scruggs Music Festival in Mill Spring, NC over Labor Day weekend

This report on this long-running Irish bluegrass event is a contribution from Michael Luchtan, with accompanying photographs provided by Garrett FitzGerald. The 27th annual Dunmore East Bluegrass Festival, held this year on August 26-28, was a runaway success, turning the quaint

Greensky Bluegrass in Charlottesville (8/17/22) - photo by Dylan Langille Last night Greensky Bluegrass and The Wood Brothers played the Ting Pavilion in downtown in Charlottesville, VA. The large outdoor venue was packed with fans who enjoyed their rockin' bluegrass music. Many thanks

Jesse Langlais with Town Mountain at the Salvage Station in Asheville, NC (7/31/22) - photo © Lightshifter Studios When Town Mountain did a hometown show in Asheville, NC, Bryce Lafoon with Lightshifter Studios was in the audience. He shared this gallery of

Charlie Waller recording with The Country Gentlemen at Track Recorders - photo © Akira Otsuka Here is another gallery of photos Akira Otsuka took at Track Recorders in Silver Spring, MD during the late 1970s. These are of the Country Gentlemen tracking