The Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol, Virginia, is celebrating the upcoming 90th anniversary of the Bristol Sessions with a symposium focusing on the technology, impact, and legacy of the historic 1927 recording sessions at which Ralph Peer recorded
Here’s something for those of you who are education-minded... Hazard Community and Technical College, which is part of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, is looking for a new faculty member for their Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music.
As those of us in the United States celebrate Independence Day today, what better music to accompany our cookouts and fireworks than bluegrass? Nothing goes with the rockets’ red glare and bombs bursting in air quite like the ring of
It’s easy to call an album “newgrass.” If the banjo doesn’t sound quite like Scruggs, if there’s a heavy folk, pop, rock, and/or jazz influence, if songs aren’t about cabins and mama, reviewers, publicists, and even bands themselves are apt
Bluegrass – it’s all about the kids these days. Well, maybe not quite, but it does seem like there are more talented young pickers on the scene these days than we’ve ever seen before. Many of them are beginning to
Baltimore’s not a city we automatically connect with bluegrass music, at least not as much as we might think of Rosine, Nashville, or Bristol, to name a few. However, Baltimore has played host to quite a list of storied musicians
Last month, we told you about the upcoming 1927 Jubilee project, an album of original music from the southwest Virginia/northeast Tennessee area to be recorded in the spirit of the historic Bristol Sessions from 1927 when Ralph Peer first recorded
Radio Bristol keeps adding new programming to a lineup already jam-packed with interesting content. The latest addition to the station’s schedule is Ozark Highlands Radio, a show that features both archival recordings and contemporary roots music, largely from musicians based
The Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame has announced that the legendary Mac Wiseman will be part of its 2017 class of inductees, to be honored in a ceremony this Saturday, June 10th. Wiseman will be inducted in the “Nationally
It seems like everyone is noticing Dailey & Vincent these days, even the legislators hard at work in the band’s home base of Tennessee. On the closing day of the state’s 2017 legislative session last month, the duo was honored
