Tara Linhardt, the driving force behind the two recent Guinness Book of World Record attempts for the largest mandolin ensemble during recent Old Fiddlers Conventions in Galax, VA, has released a forlorn statement on their most recent quest. It seems that a
Is the entire catalog of late '60s and 1970s rock music being converted to bluegrass? The Hillbenders have recut Tommy as a bluegrass opry, and Town Mountain has a Grateful Dead tribute EP coming out next month. And now there's this
At last weekend's Bloomin' Bluegrass Festival and Chili Cook-Off in Texas, Del McCoury was presented with the Bluegrass Star Award from the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation. Since 2010, the Foundation has presented this award to a bluegrass artist who exemplifies contemporary bluegrass, and
The recently-formed Remembering Miss Dixie Committee, created as a component of the late Dixie Hall's wishes, has announced grants to five organizations this month. In addition to her notoriety as a songwriter - and wife and partner to Tom T. Hall -
Rebel Records has announced a November release of their two-volume anthology of music from The Forbes Family, a bluegrass Gospel band popular during the mid-1980s. From 1984-86, the sibling group recorded three albums for Rebel, only to largely disband as their own individual
When the weather cools down in Shepherdsville, KY, things heat up on Friday nights at the Shepherdsville Music Barn. The Friday Night Bluegrass concert series starts on November 6 and runs straight through to mid-April. All shows are hosted by Gary
As we often remark, you can always count on bluegrass people to be the first in line whenever members of their community are in need. It's true again this week as North Carolina's Wood Family Tradition is preparing to perform this
As the 2015 bluegrass tour season is winding down and professional acts look back on the year that was, can anyone have a bigger story to tell than Mountain Faith? They appeared repeatedly on national television as contestants on America's
New York banjo picker and entrepreneur Bennett Sullivan has shared this video interview with Kristin Scott Benson which he recorded when she was up in his area recently. Kristin is the banjo picker with The Grascals, and has been named Banjo Player
Richard McVicker is one of those guys who when he runs in to an obstacle, immediately starts looking for a solution. We ran into him and his banjo picks in the exhibit hall during the IBMA World of Bluegrass convention in
