Travis Book, bass player with Infamous Stringdusters, and his wife, singer/songwriter Sarah Siskind, are celebrating the birth of their second child. Ry Davis Book was born on October 23 at 10:04 a.m. at Park Ridge Hospital in Hendersonville, NC. He came in
The Earl Scruggs Center in Shelby, NC has caught the attention of music fans worldwide since it's opening in January of 2014. The modern museum, established in an historic restored courthouse, celebrates the life and music of Earl Scruggs, and the
Pegged Nation has announced that Monroe-style mandolin master Mike Compton has joined their staff of instructors, and will soon be introducing a new video course for the California-based e-learning outfit. The company was launched just over a year ago to provide
At the 2015 Faith, Family & Country Awards show in Nashville, hosted by the Inspirational Country Music Association, The Roys accepted their 5th consecutive trophy for the Inspirational Bluegrass award. The brother/sister duet team of Lee and Elaine Roy have been prominent
Special Consensus rolled out of their big 40th Anniversary Reunion concert in Chicago over the weekend with some big news for Special C fans. Current guitarist and vocalist, Dustin Benson, will be departing the group after their November 7 show at
What could be lovelier than a fall bluegrass wedding? On Friday, October 23, Lynwood Lunsford and Shelly Pugh were married in Virginia. Lynwood is the banjo player with Big Country Bluegrass and, prior to coming on board with them, spent many
Bill Keith, among the very few three-finger banjo players to discernibly widen the scope of the instrument in bluegrass music since Earl Scruggs, has died at the age of 75. He had been suffering of late from the effects of a
Governor Steve Beshear presents Sam Bush with a Governor's Award - photo by Tina White May Yesterday in Frankfort, KY, Governor Steve Beshear honored nine of the Commonwealth's most creative people and organizations with Governor’s Awards in the Arts. Among those presented with an award
Mountain Fever Records has released a debut single from By Any Other Name, their first album for Virginia's Nothin' Fancy. For the band, it's their 12th project together. The single is a new song from mandolinist and vocalist Mike Andes, called Get
Here's some better news from the 2015 Old Fiddlers Convention in Galax. It's a video produced from a banjo seminar held during the festival week this year at the Chestnut Creek School of the Arts in Galax. Moderated by Jeremy Stephens, and including
