Have you written the next great Christmas song? The people with the USA Songwriting Competition are running their 10th annual Christmas Songwriting Competition this month. Through December 23, original songs may be entered for a $35 fee, with $1,000 worth of merchandise
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The Millworker’s Wage from Andrew Crawford
Bonfire Music Group has a new single for South Carolina singer/songwriter Andrew Crawford, one that takes a look at a tragic and bloody event that took place about a hundred years ago in his home state. The song is called The
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Opry celebrates 100th anniversary of first broadcast
Ricky Skaggs opens the Opry 100th anniversary show - © Grand Ole Opry, photos by Rachael Black On Friday, November 28, the Grand Ole Opry celebrated the 100th anniversary of their first live radio broadcast with two shows, featuring 25 different
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Silver Bells video from Dear Maribella & the Pigkickers
Here's a Christmas offering from Dear Maribella & the Pigkickers, the Trakimowicz siblings from Hampstead, NC, who have made a mark of late with their family bluegrass sound. They have created a grassy arrangement of the holiday classic Silver Bells,
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Look Me Up By The Ocean Door from Russ Carson, featuring Ron Block
Engelhardt Music Group has released another single from big bad banjo man Russ Carson, he of Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder and the popular YouTube and Instagram profiles 81Crowe, where he is well known as both a banjo instructor and
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Bluegrass comes to This Old House for Carolina Comeback
The current, and 47th, season of the hit PBS program, This Old House, has come to western North Carolina to be part of the restoration of the region following the flooding from Hurricane Helene. This long-running show, which has made
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Somewhere Among the Briars from Colin & Kathleen Ray
Mountain Fever Records has dropped a debut single from their upcoming album for Colin & Kathleen Ray, the young husband-and-wife singing team that is recently signed to the label. The couple met cute while studying in the Bluegrass, Old Time &
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Congratulations Samantha and Josh!
Samantha and Josh Berry on their wedding day (11/22/25) - photo © Shelby Lynn Photography Samantha Snyder, former fiddler and vocalist with Darin & Brooke Aldridge, and Josh Berry, former bass player with Appalachian Road Show, were married this past weekend
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Honey Babe Blues from Jason Burleson
Blue Highway's Jason Burleson has a new single released today, his version of the Honey Babe Blues. This is an old song, often credited to Clarence Ashley, though some musicologists believe it actually dates back to the 19th century. Despite the
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The Sun is Setting in Barrow from Milan Miller
Consistent bluegrass hitmaker Milan Miller has a new single as we begin the holiday season, one he wrote with frequent co-writer, Beth Husband. This one, The Sun is Setting in Barrow, carries an unusual topic for a bluegrass song, to wit,










