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This week, the first Friday without our beloved Sonny Osborne, we thought we would do something a bit different. Since Sonny is no longer able to answer everyone's questions, we instead asked several prominent people in bluegrass to share their

Many thanks to Brooks Burris for sharing this gallery of images from last weekend's Old Settlers Music Festival in Tilmon, TX. The festival has been held in October since 1987 with a combination of bluegrass, old time, alternative, and Americana music.

Béla Fleck's My Bluegrass Heart at FreshGrass 2021 - photo © Dave Hollender Our friend Dave Hollender was at the 2021 FreshGrass festival in North Adams, MA last month, and captured some great photos of Béla Fleck's My Bluegrass Heart show.

This story is a contribution from Tom Dunning, a photographer based in Edmond Oklahoma who enjoys music, especially bluegrass and roots music. He is a former newspaper reporter and communications director with a journalism degree from the University of Oklahoma.

Béla Fleck's My Bluegrass Heart tour at IBMA Bluegrass Live! 2021 - photo © Bill Reaves Bill Reaves spent Friday cruising the StreetFest along Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh, where he found some interesting characters enjoying the scene, as well as

Marshall Wilborn and Lynn Morris watch from the audience as Lynn is inducted into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame - photo by Bill Reaves Bill Reaves captured some terrific photos during last night's IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards show, both from the

The Infamous Stringdusters on the red carpet at the 2021 IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards - photo © Bill Reaves We love to see our favorite bluegrass stars all decked out for the IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards each year. As they come

Cliff Waldron with Larry Stephenson at the 2021 IBMA Industry Awards - photo © Bill Reaves Here are the images Bill Reaves captured today at World of Bluegrass, encompassing the Industry Awards, the Exhibit Hall, and random scenes here and there.

This report is a contribution from Audie Finnell, who also provided the photos. Billed as the longest running bluegrass festival in Georgia, the Armuchee Bluegrass Festival closed out its 49th season over the Labor Day weekend. While founder Chuck Langley made

This visit with Jaroslav Průcha is a contribution from Matt Scutchfield, a music vlogger, journalist, graduate of Berklee College of Music, and current associate concert producer at The Wild Rose Moon Performing Arts Center in Plymouth, IN. He is of Eastern