Members of the IBMA Songwriters Committee will conduct a workshop next weekend during the 34th annual Joe Val Bluegrass Festival in Framingham, MA. Three members of the committee, Rick Lang, David Morris, and Dawn Kenney, will lead the workshop, which will will
Following a successful run with their debut album, Onwards, in 2017, Mike Twelve is back with a sophomore effort, City On A Hill, due for a March release. A debut single is out today, City That Drowned, that plows familiar ground
Troy Engle & Southern Skies have launched a new online video series that combines their two primary passions - eating and bluegrass music! Shot in the kitchen of Troy and his wife, Mandy's, home in southern Pennsylvania, Pickin' In The Kitchen
Neal James, who appeared on several seasons of the Animal Planet reality program, The Call of the Wildman, passed away on February 1. He was only 55 years of age, and had been dealing with multiple cardiac issues. The show captured
For their latest single, Melton & Miller Music has called upon the underutilized talents of bluegrass songstress Missy Armstrong. In it, she tells the story of a woman who spurns the advances of the allegorical brute who ended the lives
The Molly Rose Band, based in south central Virginia near Danville, has announced that they will cease operations after a final concert on March 1. Formed by banjo player Lynwood Lunsford after he had left Big Country Bluegrass just over three
One of the hottest shows on the bluegrass circuit right now is an unlikely culprit - a comedy act featuring a band that does bluegrass covers of pop hits. It may not work on paper, but it sure does on stage.
A pair of Slovakian bluegrass companies have jointly opened a new workshop space in Bratislava, the eastern European nation's capitol. Coall Instruments, who build a unique five string banjo using a stone tone ring, and BanjoLit, manufacturers of a number of
IBMA office staff: Paul Schiminger, Amy Beth Hale, Kaitlyn Luce, Abby Lee Hood, and Eddie Huffman The office of the International Bluegrass Music Association in Nashville today introduces two new staff members, bringing their total to five. Recent growth in membership
From the deep, rolling hills of southwestern Virginia come The Bluegrass Brothers, an arch traditional band with an affinity for the Stanley sound. The group was formed in 1989 by siblings, Victor and Robert Dowdy, hence the name. Robert has since
