Applications for the IBMA's Leadership Bluegrass program in 2016 are due this Sunday, November 15. The annual, three-day seminar will be held in Nashville from March 21-23, 2016. It's purpose is to familiarize participants with relevant issues facing the music business community,
Mike Kropp, life-long banjo player and cherished friend of the banjo and bluegrass community in the northeastern United States, died yesterday (11/10) in a hospital near his home in Rhode Island. He was 70 years old, and had been suffering from pancreatic cancer. It
Wasting no time after yesterday's announcement that Cody Kilby was leaving Kentucky Thunder, Ricky Skaggs has announced today that Utah flatpicker Jake Workman has joined the band. Like many young guitarists, Jake came to bluegrass sideways, having started with an interest in
The Kruger Brothers are well-known to bluegrass audiences for their many years of touring and recording in the US since emigrating from Switzerland in their youth. But their appeal crosses beyond the strictures of genre, both for their undeniable virtuosity
If you live in that part of the country where Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and North Carolina collide - and can play an instrument and sing old time country music - here's an opportunity to be included in a new film
After 14 years slinging hot licks on guitar for Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Cody Kilby is moving to The Travelin' McCourys. The popular band, which is in effect, The Del McCoury Band absent the Del, has never had a full
Barry Berrier, former vocalist with both Lost & Found and Lonesome River Band, and his wife Tyra, are celebrating the arrival yesterday of their second child. Jaye Brooks Hall Berrier was born November 9 at 8:00 a.m., weighing in at 8.78
Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road have released a fourth music video from their latest album, Country Grass. The theme of the project is pairing Lorraine and her crack bluegrass boys with a bevy of country singers for a mashup that's, well...
The 2015 California Banjo Extravaganza is set to roll across the northern sections of the Golden State later this week. Host and performer Bill Evans has brought top banjo pickers from the eastern and central portions of the country to entertain
Lauren Stovall, vocalist/guitarist with The Railsplitters, is a young lady of many talents. Her distinctive voice is nearly synonymous with the Colorado-based band, and her easy-going stage presence lights up their live shows. That's she's a girl who loves her dog is merely a
