The International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY has announced January 13, 2017 as the official opening of their newest exhibit, A Decade of Dailey & Vincent: An American Music Journey. This will be the final exhibit installed at the museum before
It could be fairly said that all bluegrass music has roots in Kentucky. Even new music created a thousand miles and 70 years away still traces back to the commonwealth that gave its name to the sound that Bill Monroe
During the World Of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh a few weeks back, Volume Five hooked up with North Carolina filmmaker and videographer Corey Smith to create a new video introduction to the band. Of course, if you follow bluegrass closely, you
The Christmas releases for 2016 are coming in hot and heavy this month, including this new offering from The Spinney Brothers, appropriately titled Merry Christmas Everybody. The boys, Canadian by birth, counter the charge of "too soon!" by noting that Canadian Thanksgiving
Here is a fascinating "power of social media" story regarding bluegrass vocalist Dave Adkins and an impromptu video he posted on Facebook over the weekend. Dave had decided to put together a low-key trio with a couple of his friends, Richie Rose and
November 15 is the deadline to submit your application for a spot in the 2017 Leadership Bluegrass class in Nashville. The three-day program run by the International Bluegrass Music Association is designed to identify future leaders in bluegrass music, and both
Wilson Pickins Bluegrass Promotions is taking over the world! It seems that Melanie Wilson adds a new band to her roster every few days. Today she has announced the signing of Alan Bibey & Grasstowne to the agency for representation and publicity
A new group has formed in the Czech Republic, combing existing group High ReVoltage - a trio made up of Ondra Kozák on guitar, Vítek Hanulík on mandolin, and Karel Začal on reso-guitar - with bassist Pavel Duda to form New Aliquot. The members have performed with some
Bill Evans' rolling banjothon series, The California Banjo Extravaganza, is pushing through northern CA this weekend with four more concerts and a workshop for banjo maniacs on the west coast. Each year Bill grabs two other top names in the banjo world,
The Flashback boys spent the early part of the month in the studio finishing up their debut album, Foxhounds And Fiddles, for Pinecastle Records. They expect to have everything wrapped up shortly, with the completed project headed to bluegrass radio early
