JW Davis, first President of the Southwest Bluegrass Club in 1974 The Southwest Bluegrass Club, the oldest such organization in the state of Texas, is celebrating their 50th anniversary this month. They will kick things into gear for this notable anniversary
For his latest single, singer/songwriter Milan Miller has released Ghosts of Galway Bay, a fictionalized personal story that dramatizes a character from the great famine in Ireland during the mid 19th century. When a blight drastically reduced the potato harvest in
Turnberry Records has a new single for Virginia bluegrass singer and songwriter Caleb Bailey, a song about the struggles of an Indiana farm family trying to earn a living while feeding their community. Caleb said he had the idea to switch
Lee Dunbar with Bobby Hicks at Galax Southwest Virginia banjo player Lee Dunbar died on October 14. A champion picker and a friend to everyone he met, Lee was 63 years of age at his passing. Dunbar had dedicated himself to the banjo
Jason Carter & Michael Cleveland - photo © Emma McCoury Photography Fiddle heroes and close friends Jason Carter and Michael Cleveland have released another track from their upcoming twin fiddle project. This time they call on one of the finest fiddlers
Banjo player Mark Delaney has returned to the spot he occupied with Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass for more than a decade, after nearly two years away from the band. Mark stepped away more than a year ago to care
The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, KY has announced that Adam Engelhardt has been named as the new Executive Director of their organization. He fills the position vacated this summer by Chris Joslin, who had served
Pinecastle Records has a new single from beloved veteran bluegrass guitarist and vocalist Jim Hurst. It's a song written by Virginia songwriter Scott Patrick called One More Lonesome Train. Jim has been performing in the bluegrass world since the 1980s, dipping
Another bluegrass baby! Daniel Mullins, popular bluegrass radio host on Real Roots Radio, and manager of the twice-yearly Industrial Strength Bluegrass festivals, and his wife, Santana, are celebrating the birth of their first child. Daisy Belle Mullins was born on October 11,
In recent years we've seen the emergence of songwriter recordings as a common occurrence in bluegrass music. Songwriters hiring musicians and singers to produce radio-ready tracks as opposed to demos, and releasing them to the public instead of circulating them
