Glenville State College in West Virginia has added a new wrinkle to the rapidly expanding opportunities to study bluegrass in a collegiate setting. They will now offer the opportunity to complete a bachelor's degree in bluegrass, completely online. Given the ability
Author: John Lawless
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I Can Only Imagine drops from Dave Adkins
Mountain Fever Records has released a second single this week for their upcoming Dave Adkins album, Right Or Wrong. This track, I Can Only Imagine, finds Dave in fine voice, but in a softer vein than what most folks have come
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Daniel Greeson to Sideline
Sideline has announced that fiddler Daniel Greeson is the newest member of the band, stepping in for Nathan Aldridge who left to take the job with IIIrd Tyme Out. Just 21 years of age, Daniel is currently a student in the
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Zink & Company to Whispering Meadows
Massachusetts' Zink & Company have announced that they are now represented by Whispering Meadows Public Relations/Marketing in Columbus, OH for booking and publicity. The band is helmed by guitarist and vocalist Corey Zink, with assistance from John Roc on mandolin, Dan Menzone on
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Blackberry Summer video from Dale Ann Bradley
Pinecastle Records has released another video from their recent self-titled project for Dale Ann Bradley. This one shows the softer side of the gifted bluegrass singer in Blackberry Summer, a reflective song about simpler times, and growing up around people that
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Darin, Brooke, and Cow do Prague
Earlier this month, Darin & Brooke Aldridge along with John Cowan, flew more than 4500 miles to Prague in the Czech Republic where they played three sold out shows over two days. That's a long way to go for a
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Cold Mountains premiere from Vivian Leva
Though still in college, young Vivian Leva is drawing on two lifetimes in traditional music to inform her label debut, Time Is Everything, due next month from Free Dirt Records. Her parents have been active in the old time and
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Michael Cleveland with the Louisville Orchestra in March
When bluegrass fiddle virtuoso Michael Cleveland was a boy in school, he remembers the first field trip they took was to see the Louisville Orchestra. His school had a fine music program, and he was studying classical music then using
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Kim Robins takes a spill on the ice
She wasn't on the rink in PyeongChang, but bluegrass singer, songwriter, and bandleader Kim Robins took a fall on the ice Saturday evening, and suffered a serious concussion when her head hit the ground. Kim says that the way she tumbled,
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ResoSummit seeking applicants for 2018 Houston Caldwell scholarship
ResoSummit, Rob Ickes' annual instructional weekend for students of the resophonic guitar, is on the lookout for young sliders interested in a full scholarship to the November 2018 camp. As it has each of its 11 years, ResoSummit '18 sold










