The International Bluegrass Music Association, the bluegrass music trade organization headquartered in Nashville, has announced the creation of a new position, Business Development Director, and hired Mississippi native Anna Kline to fill the post. Unlike a typical Development Director, who commonly
Monroe Mandolin Camp, the brainchild of master bluegrass mandolin stylist Mike Compton, will host its week-long 2022 event in Abingdon, VA. Next year's will likewise be held in Virginia, which will mark the Camp's tenth anniversary. While retaining its name, and
Tommy Buller - photo © Barbara Potter RBR Entertainment has a new single this month for Tommy Buller, the third from an upcoming album and follow-up to I Still Call It Home, which did well on our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay
The Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra, based in Oslo, has received a Norwegian Grammy nomination for their debut album, Migrants. An unusually large congregation, HBO contains eight members - hence the orchestra in the name - and also has an unusual genesis. Vocalists
Can't Hold Me Down is the latest single from the partnership of Dunlap & Mabe, released last month on Bell Buckle Records. Jack Dunlap and Robert Mabe are veteran pickers, singers, and songwriters from northern Virginia who have been performing together
Doug Eyink, director of the Alternative Strings program in Centerville, OH, and a life long bluegrass banjo player, passed away on March 3 following an lengthy battle with colon cancer. He was 51 years of age. Doug served as the orchestra
Irene Kelley has released a new single today, one she wrote with Mark Irwin called Lonely, on her own IRK Records. If past history is any indication, you can expect this one to rise rapidly on the bluegrass radio charts. This
Brent Rochester has been involved in bluegrass Gospel music for most of his life, growing up singing and picking his banjo with The Rochesters. His parents, Harold and Joyce Rochester, launched their family band many years back, which still continues
Back in 2019, Kim and Joyce Kraemer had a terrific idea to restart the Naperville Bluegrass Festival, which had a popular run in Illinois under Terry and Jan Lease from 1986 to 2014. The Kraemers booked the same location, the
The popular music marketing platform, Bandcamp, a favorite of independent artists of all types, has been acquired by Epic Games, a leader in the online gaming world, it was announced yesterday. Autonomous music makers have been devoted to Bandcamp since its
