The organizers of ResoGat, an annual meeting of resonator guitar enthusiasts, is delighted to announce that the event will be held in 2022 after missing the past two years owing to COVID-19 restrictions. Initially known as A Gathering of Resonateurs, this
RBR Entertainment has a music video for Marija Droze and her current single, The Night We Fell, taken from her upcoming debut project with the label. In addition to being a compelling vocalist, the Lithuanian-born Marija (pronounced Maria) is married to
The Pisgah Banjo Company in Asheville, NC is offering a unique old time banjo in a raffle to benefit the IBMA Foundation's Arnold Shultz Fund. The Fund, established in 2020 to encourage greater participation by people of color in traditional old-time and
Mountain Fever Records has released a music video for their current single with Canadian grassers, Jackson Hollow. The song is called Shallow Rivers, written by Shari Baker, Christy Baker, and Austin Cunningham. Like much of Jackson Hollow's material, it bears a
Pinecastle Records has a new single this week for Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, one in keeping with the band's habit of lamenting the passing of the old ways in bluegrass music. Lorraine's True Grass album from 2018 set a tone
Noted bluegrass songwriter Milan Miller has a turn as a singer as well this week in a new single from Melton & Miller Music, his label partnership with Buddy Melton of Balsam Range. This one is entitled Talking To Myself, written
The International Bluegrass Music Association will be hosting a live, interactive panel discussion on Facebook March 5 about the lasting influence the late J.D. Crowe has had on the five string banjo and bluegrass music. This presentation begins at 3:00
Nashville has a new bluegrass label! Skyline Records will focus primarily on the grass, with a secondary interest in country, folk, and Americana music. As their first artist, Skyline has signed Nick Dumas, mandolinist and vocalist who had recently spent four
Despite their youth, Summer & Bray have been familiar faces on the bluegrass scene for more than a decade. Many of us watched siblings Summer and Brayden McMahan grow up in their family band, Mountain Faith, when they were just teenagers.
This year's SPBGMA Band Championship in Nashville may have been the first time a lot of folks had seen Carolina's Retro 78, but once they had won the competition all at the Sheraton Music City that weekend will surely remember
