The fallout from Hurricane Matthew continues to wreak havoc for bluegrass artists. We've learned today that Larry Stephenson has been forced to cancel his scheduled album release concert this Friday in North Carolina due to the flooding that remains a problem
The Bluegrass Music Association of Iowa will hold its first ever awards ceremony later this month to recognize bluegrass artists in the state. Like the IBMA awards on which they are patterned, these BMAI honors are meant to salute performers
The Gospel Station Network has announced two items of interest to lovers of bluegrass Gospel music. First up, they have added the Les Butler and Friends’ Radio Show to their online broadcast each Sunday at 2:00 p.m. (eastern). Butler created this new
It was a true life bluegrass wedding in Virginia over the weekend. Jason Davis, banjo player with Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, and Grace Wilson, bass player with Loose Strings, were married on Sunday, October 9 at at Ward Manor in Independence,
Voxhall Records has released a second single to radio from Curtis Wright's self-titled solo project. The first single, Going Through Carolina spent several months on our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay Chart. This new one is Till I'm Dead And Gone, a dobro-drenched
Preston Thompson Guitars in Sisters, OR has announced that young six-string phenom William Apostle has joined the company as an endorser. You may know him better by his stage name, Billy Strings. Billy has recently acquired a Thompson D-MA model, a
The Po' Ramblin' Boys are taking their hardcore, old school bluegrass back to Europe this month, for the second time in as many years. Their prior visit, in September '15, made a big hit with audiences across the continent and they
Sideline has announced the departure of their mandolinist and a primary vocalist, Brian Aldridge. He has been with the band this past two years. North Carolina bluegrass fans had watched Brian grow up on stage. His dad, Mike Aldridge, was a member
Fortunately, the weather cleared sufficiently on Saturday afternoon to hold the Scott Street Five Strings Finals in Richmond, VA during the Richmond Folk Festival. Three finalists had been chosen from video submissions in both bluegrass and clawhammer categories, who competed before judges
Like most folks in the southeastern United States, we spent much of last week watching hurricane Matthew as he crept ever closer to landfall. With the storm past, the devastation is clear in the photos and videos of the damage left behind. Outdoor
