Kentucky banjo player Buddy Spurlock, also known in his later years as Bud, died on Wednesday, September 21, in Prestonsburg, KY at the Riverview Nursing Home. He was 81 years of age. Born in eastern Kentucky in 1941 as Vernon Spurlock, Buddy came to
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage at the 2022 Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS Many thanks to Rex Flottman, Media Director for the Walnut Valley Festival, for sharing these photos from their 2022 event - the 50th! - earlier this month
A new program is scheduled to debut this fall on several PBS television affiliates, with a close association to bluegrass music. Titled The Life Of A Musician, the show is hosted by Brandon Adams, noted flatpicker and acoustic music performer,
Pinecastle Records has released what they have called the final single from Bluegrass Troubadour, their current album with legendary bluegrass balladeer Danny Paisley. Bluegrass fans love Danny because it sings the old time way, true to the style his father, Bob,
Recording King has announced a new line of vintage-inspired acoustic guitars in their Tonewood Reserve Series. Called Tonewood Reserve Elite, these three new models combine what customers have loved about the Tonewood instruments - especially the hand-selected woods, pre-war appointments
Organic Records has not one, but two new singles today from Zoe & Cloyd, the oddly-named husband-and-wife duo from the Asheville, NC region. Their actual names are Natalya Weinstein and John Miller, but they built the band name from their
Here's an appropriate story from Raleigh, NC, with the bulk of the professional bluegrass world about to descend on that city next week. North Carolina State University, located in Raleigh, has a new club on campus for students interested in playing
For their latest single with bluegrass singer and multi-instrumentalist Jr. Williams, Mountain Fever Records has released Can I Go Home With You, a Caleb Klauder song from his 2007 album, Dangerous Mes and Poisonous Yous. Williams, who is currently performing as
Dobro master Rob Ickes has run the annual ResoSummit in Nashville this past 13 years, with assistance from Betty Wheeler, which featured instruction and demonstration for students of the instrument. With Betty having retired from her association, Rob has entered
Amanda Cook Band - photo © Laci Mack For the past several years, one of the most consistently interesting female vocalists in bluegrass has been Amanda Cook, who moved from Florida to southwestern Virginia in tandem with her extended contract with
