Robert Weingartz, founder and Chairman of AirPlay Direct, the popular radio servicing company, died in Nashville this past Sunday, June 22, from sudden respiratory distress, a complication of his Acute Myeloid Leukemia. He was 61 years of age. According to his
A new book from the University of Mississippi Press, Eck Robertson at the Crossroads of American Fiddling, offers a detailed biography of the early 20th century musician who helped popularize fiddling via commercial recordings. He is credited as being the
We have a new single to share from a couple of young bluegrass artists we've had our eyes on for some time, now teamed up together. It's Lincoln Mash & Heather Alley and their band on a song Heather wrote and
Rudy Fest, the Kentucky mega festival running from June 21-28 on Poppy Mountain in Morehead, held their first annual band competition over this past weekend, which they have dubbed Bull of the Bluegrass. Six bands were invited to the contest, and
Just as Russell Moore is blowing people's minds on tour with Alison Krauss & Union Station, we get a new single, New Cut Road, from his primary outfit. It's as if Russell wanted to remind everyone that IIIrd Tyme Out
The term "Tobacco Road" has been synonymous for nearly 100 years with rural poverty, more or less the country equivalent of "Skid Row." It seems to have come into use following the publication of a popular novel by that name,
The Boston Bluegrass Union has announced today that the popular Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, inactive since 2021, will return to the Sheraton Hotel in Framingham, MA in February of 2026. The initial cessation was a result of both the COVID restrictions
Resonator guitarist Josh Swift has announced his departure from The Isaacs, with whom he has been touring this past five years. He says that he will be focusing his energies on his online reso-guitar lessons site, Resoflix, and the recording studio
Bluegrass Nashville, a new web site offering information on bluegrass events in the city for both locals and visitors, has launched an interesting new concert series to show off the many talented bluegrass artists living in Music City. This initiative is
Turnberry Records' new single for veteran singer/songwriter Kevin Denney is a clever song about a bluegrass man leaving a faithless lover called Kiss My Bluegrass Goodbye. Written with Tom Botkin and Jimmy Fortune, which at first glance may sound like a
