• Bailey Coe to Sideline

    Sideline has announced the addition of Bailey Coe to the band, taking the spot recently vacated by reso-man Brad Hudson, who has departed to pursue a solo career. Bailey is a native North Carolinian, like several other members of the group.

  • The Grass Waltz show in Atlanta

    Atlanta, Georgia has long been home to many things. It's a vibrant cosmopolitan city with a diverse population that manages to retain it's southern charm. Measured with its surrounding suburbs, the population is close to 6 million people so if

  • Terrible news from Ernie Thacker

    Very sad news today from Ernie Thacker. He has just been informed that the surgery he had been anticipating to spare his life from an aggressive bone infection can not be performed. The news was already dire, given that a double

  • Foundation for Bluegrass Music Grants Due December 1

    Applications for the 2018 grants from the Foundation for Bluegrass Music are due at the end of this month. They award between $8,000-$10,000 each year in individual grants to organizations that support educational, literary, artistic, and historic preservation projects and

  • Nu-Blu Facebook listening party Friday night

    Nu-Blu has a unique way of introducing their brand new Christmas EP, Shine, from Voxhall Records. They will be hosting a Facebook Live listening party Friday night (11/17) at 7:00 p.m. (EST). The bluegrass quartet from North Carolina features husband-and-wife Daniel

  • Clay Hess to Pinecastle Records

    Pinecastle Records has signed bluegrass singer, songwriter, and powerhouse flatpicker Clay Hess to the label. A new record with his Clay Hess Band is expected in 2018. Hess has been known as a guitar phenom for the past 20 years, hitting