Prominent Japanese bluegrass artist Kazuhiro Inaba is marking a major milestone, his 50th year in bluegrass music. Kaz started out playing banjo, and has since branched out onto the other bluegrass instruments. These days we see him mostly playing guitar and
On April 14 the Tennessee House of Delegates passed a resolution honoring the Grand Ole Opry as they celebrate 100 years as a bluegrass and country music institution in Nashville. After the resolution was read, Jaimie Dailey and Darren Vincent performed
New Jersey's Magnolia Street String Band has utilized their proximity to New York City in their latest music video, which juxtaposes the hectic activity in Times Square with the children's song, Slow Down Rabbit. The band consists of Sheila Vee on
Mountain bluegrass champion Ralph Stanley II has signed with Cumberland Music Collective for booking representation. The agency is led by veteran artist rep Lee Olsen, who worked for years under super agent Keith Case, becoming Vice President prior to Case's passing
Back in 2016 a bluegrass supergroup called Section House appeared, made up of some of the finest young pickers around Nashville. Their self-titled project for Mountain Fever Records blew the doors straight off a set of hard-hitting instrumentals, and helped
Back in January we told you about a GoFundMe campaign to raise funds for Boston banjo player Gabe Hirshfeld, who was suffering from an aggressive kidney disease that would require a transplant soon. We are delighted to report that a donor
We all remember the horrible images from late September of 2024 when Hurricane Helene stalled over the southern Appalachians, and dumped a huge amount of water onto the mountain communities in Virginia, Tennessee, West Virginia, and North Carolina. More than
Ashleigh Graham - photo © Laci Mack Pinecastle Records has a new single for bluegrass singer/songwriter Ashleigh Graham, a gospel number she wrote with Brink Brinkman called Soldiers of Heaven. Ashleigh shared how she came to work with Brinkman, and create her
Billy Thibodeau, prominent northeastern bluegrass artist and mandolinist with Rock Hearts, is recuperating in the hospital following quadruple bypass surgery, and a biopsy of a mass in his right lung. He tells us that he is healing nicely from the bypass
With a name like Songbird Road, the latest single and title track from the upcoming project by bluegrass veteran Valerie Smith, you might be expecting something light and airy, full of bluebirds and sunshine. Nope. This one is mighty lonesome,
