Cheryl McClellan has joined the team at Still Blue Entertainment, a company formed initially to represent Jeff Brown & Still Lonesome. Since launching with that focus, the agency has also taken on publicity for the James Wimmer Bristol Bluegrass Spring
The American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City has announced the 2017 inductees for their ABM Hall of Fame. The Museum and the Hall was initially created to highlight the history of the tenor banjo in American music, but has since been
Here's a happy bluegrass story for a Thursday evening. Whitney Perkins, reso-guitarist with Josh Grigsby and County Line, is now engaged to Kevin Edwards. The pair have been dating for several years. No wedding date has yet been set. The couple live
We received this statement earlier today from Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers. It came by carrier pigeon, hence the delayed release. Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers announced Tuesday that they will not perform at Friday's inauguration. "We have decided to do
Peterson Tuners has introduced the latest addition to their line of high-quality, digital strobe tuners just in time for the Anaheim NAMM Show. The StroboClip HD incorporates many of the professional features offered in their StroboPLUS HD tabletop digital tuner, but
The International Bluegrass Music Association in Nashville has announced the participants in their 2017 Leadership Bluegrass class. Members selected for this three-day program held at BMI headquarters are chosen from a pool of applicants each year to attend the intensive
Here's yet another benefit scheduled in support of those who suffered losses during the November wildfires that raged through parts of east Tennessee. Smoky Mountain Strong will be held February 10-11 in Pigeon Forge, TN with ticket proceeds going to the
The Churchmen, one of the most enduring and successful bluegrass Gospel groups still touring, have announced the addition of Avery Welter on guitar. He steps in for David Guthrie, who has spent the past ten years running the roads with
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the hiring of Amy Beth Hale as their new Member Services Director. She has worked in and around bluegrass, country, and Americana music for years, serving recently as Director of Writer/Publisher Relations at SESAC
Alice Gerrard's is a name spoken frequently when discussing bluegrass over the past 50 years. She is viewed as a pioneer for women in old time and mountain music at a time when it was far less common professionally than
