Jessie Baker with Dailey & Vincent at the Jekyll Island Bluegrass Festival (1/9/18) - photo © B Chord Photography Jessie Baker, banjo player and vocalist with Dailey & Vincent, has announced his immediate departure from the band owing to debilitating pain
Ol’ Black Bear Productions in Silver Spring, MD, has released a trailer for Bluegrass Court Jester: Ron Thomason—An Unusual History of Bluegrass Music, their film on bluegrass music and history told through a focus on Thomason, the charismatic leader of Dry
German banjoist Sebastian Schröder has released the second volume in his series on 2 finger banjo playing. The style is a pre-bluegrass approach that was popular in parts of Appalachia in the 19th and 20th centuries. His first book focused on
2018 marks the 35th anniversary of Bluegrass, Old Time, Celtic, & Country Music Studies at East Tennessee State University. To celebrate the occasion, the program is holding its first awards dinner this evening at the Millennium Center in Johnson City,
Wood & Wire, from the music hotbed of Austin, TX, has a new single today, coming from their next album, North Of Despair. The album doesn't hit until the middle of next month, but the band has shared a song with
It's always happy news when another bluegrass festival launches, but even more so when they pop up outside the zone that spawned the first ones more than 50 years ago. There may still be more of these festivals in the
Mountain Home Music has a new single out today from Darin & Brooke Aldridge, a powerful testament to hope in God, perfectly suited to the day Christians celebrate the sacrifice of the cross. The couple, who have been lauded in both
Australian folkies the John Flanagan Trio have released a clever video for their latest single, Something To Complain About. Their sound lands somewhere between the '60s jug bands and contemporary bluegrass. The Trio consists of Flanagan on guitar and banjo, Liz Frencham
Barb Rosenstock, author of Blue Grass Boy, the new children's book about Bill Monroe, was the guest recently on GrassTalkRadio with Bradley Laird. She explained how the book was inspired by her stumbling onto the Bill Monroe Music Park in
Award-winning bluegrass bass player Missy Raines has a new single released today, the first for her upcoming Compass Records project, Royal Traveller. Swept Away was written by Laurie Lewis, and recorded by Missy with the assistance of The First Ladies of
