Anthony Howell, 2023 National Banjo Champion at Walnut Valley in Winfield, KS The smoke has cleared from this past weekend's many instrumental competitions at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS, and we have a list of this year's winners. These
Katelyn Ingardia, lead singer and primary songwriter for South Carolina's Backline, has a new single this month, a gospel song she wrote with celebrated bluegrass songwriter Paul Breedlove. Ingardia is a very talented vocalist, and songwriter, and this song is
Many congratulations to Jasper Lorentzen, bass player with The Po' Ramblin' Boys, and his wife, Sofia, on the birth of their third child. Ruby Janice Lorentzen was born at home on September 15, coming in at 8 lbs, 14 oz, and
Pinecastle Records has a new single from Missouri's Route 3, a compelling song written by guitarist Jason Jordan called Southbound Train. Given the title, you might expect another lonesome heartache, riding the rails type of number, but Southbound Train tells of
Jeremy Chapman, mandolinist with The Chapmans and co-owner of The Acoustic Shoppe in Springfield, MO, has been selected to participate in Goldman Sachs' 2023 Small Businesses National Cohort. One of 170 entrepreneurs nationwide chosen, Chapman will engage in highly specialized training
The 51st Walnut Valley Festival, going on now in Winfield, KS, has announced the winners of their NewSong Showcase, with both top prizes and alternates named in 10 separate song categories. In addition to hosting a large music festival that celebrates
Bell Buckle Records has released a single from the vocal duo of Apple & Setser, their take on the early rock 'n roll classic, It Doesn't Matter Anymore. Written by Paul Anka, it was first released in 1959 as a
Rick Faris has had quite a run in bluegrass music. Still a fairly young man, he has gone from playing in his family's band as a teen, to touring the world with Special Consensus, to being a successful solo recording
Jamie Johnson and Terry Smith with The Grascals at Carolina Bible Camp - photo © David Johnson The 11th annual Bluegrass Festival at the Carolina Bible Camp & Retreat Center in Mocksville, NC came off without a hitch earlier this month,
The busiest bluegrass in Boston may be Tony Watt, who in addition to being a flat picker for hire, also teaches privately in the area, both in person and online, hosts the continuing Bluegrass Tuesdays concerts and jams in Cambridge,
