Mountain Home Music has released a new single for sterling bluegrass multi-instrumentalist Andy Leftwich, taken from some new recordings he made late in 2023. From the time he joined Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder in 2001, through his various successful solo
Molly Tuttle and Bronwyn Keith-Hynes the 2024 Best Bluegrass Album Grammy award At this afternoon's 2024 Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony, the winner for Best Bluegrass Album was announced. This year is the 66th annual running of the Grammy Awards, which are
Also going into the Hall of Fame this October are The McLain Family Band and Charlie Sizemore, who are set to be inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame on October 26 of this year. Both have dedicated most
Sarah Church Fowlkes, one half of the twin sister singing duo, The Church Sisters, and her husband Jonathon Fowlkes, are celebrating the birth of their first child. James Ryland Fowlkes was born on January 24 at 4:19 a.m. at Virginia Baptist
The American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City has announced five new members of their Banjo Hall of Fame, to be inducted during the ABM Banjo Fest in October of 2024. The ABM launched in 1998 in nearby Guthrie, OK as a
Wood Box Heroes is a relatively new group, birthed from the increasingly common "experienced sidemen get together and start a band" phenomenon. But this bunch did it in the sidemaniest possible way... they were all hired to go out on
Gangstagrass is certainly among the most engaging and provocative acts in and around bluegrass music. For those who've never seen them, the concept is to mix the beats and delivery of hip hop with the rhythms and instruments of bluegrass.
Tom Nechville has announced this week that manufacturing for his Nechville Musical Products company in Minnesota is set to shutter at the end of this month, with all building and operations moving to his new home in Sisters, OR. A facility
The IBMA Foundation, which raises and disperses funds to programs and initiatives that foster the growth of bluegrass music, has announced the 2024 recipients of their annual Project Grants. Organizations apply for these grants each year, and the amounts and
Lifelong grasser Darrell Webb, familiar to bluegrass lovers from his current gig with Appalachian Road Show, as well as earlier work with Lonesome River Band and Rhonda Vincent, as well as his own solo career, has announced the official grand
