Nechville Musical Products has announced a new signature artist model for Billy Failing, banjo picker with Billy Strings. It's a Vintage Eclipse model, but made with a maple neck and resonator, using the Nechville Heli-Mount integrated pot system. Like the
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced that they will looking for a new home for the World of Bluegrass convention and associated events following the 2024 conference in Raleigh, NC. The mid-week Business Conference, The Bluegrass Ramble, the Bluegrass
Jaelee Roberts on the Grand Ole Opry (9/19/23) - photo © Eric Ahlgrim Photography We finally got ahold of some photos from Jaelee Roberts' Grand Ole Opry debut back on September 19. Only 22 years of age, she had already performed
Irish family grassers Cup O'Joe have released a first single from their latest album, Why Live Without. The band consists of the three talented Agnew siblings of Northern Ireland, Reuben on guitar, Benjamin on bass, and Tabitha on banjo, along with
The excellent 2019 documentary about bluegrass music, Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music, produced by Kentucky Educational Television, has finally been made available for online streaming. Filmed in large part during the World of Bluegrass convention in 2017 and '18,
It's here! The 2023 World of Bluegrass has begun, with the larger part of the bluegrass industry currently assembling at the Convention Center in Raleigh, NC. Artists, promoters, luthiers, broadcasters, artist representatives, manufacturers, songwriters, and business people of every kind
Maryland's Tom Mindte is celebrating 40 years with his record company, Patuxent Music. These past four decades he has recorded in his studio and released on his label some terrific music, much of it unlikely to have seen the light
Mountain Home Music has released a debut single for their second album with North Carolina banjo player Tray Wellington and his band. From a start as five string man with Cane Mill Road while still in high school, Tray has developed
Steve Bruce, the banjo pickin' pastor from LaFollette, TN, has released another single from his all-instrumental project, What I Know Now. Even though all the tracks are banjo tunes, Steve says that they were all inspired by bits of scripture that
Bluegrass lovers throughout Kentucky are mourning the loss this week of beloved festival MC and radio host Ron Cornett, who died on September 17 following complications from surgery. He was 68 years of age. Ron hosted a regular program on the
