The International Bluegrass Music Association is accepting applications through tomorrow (February 28) for bands who wish to be considered for official showcase performance slots during the 2025 World of Bluegrass convention in Chattanooga, TN. In what they call the Bluegrass Ramble,
Rising bluegrass singer and songwriter Lydia Hamby has a new single to share this month, a new murder ballad she wrote called Albert County Gallows. Lydia is completing a masters program now at ETSU, and was able to use their recording
Steve Cooley with Béla Fleck - photo courtesy Ashbourne Farms Morehead State University in Kentucky has announced the receipt of a $95,000 donation earmarked for a scholarship in honor of banjo legend and Kentucky native Steve Cooley. The school is the
Compass Records is preparing an 80th Anniversary Stanley Brothers Tribute project for 2025, and are releasing a debut single this week to tempt the palate. It's a new cut of the classic tune, Ralph's Banjo Special, coming during Ralph Stanley's
Florida's Flattlanders have released their very first recording, Anywhere With You, a delightful bluegrass number with a feel good premise. The group started out as a fun side project for the four founders when they had down time from other bands,
Noted Colorado guitarist and vocalist Tyler Grant is preparing to release his seventh album, appropriately titled Flatpicker, on March 28. With that project in mind, he has created a gorgeous music video for one of the tracks, a true story
Christian Ward with The Del McCoury Band - photo © Bryce LaFoon The Del McCoury Band and The Travelin' McCourys have introduced Nashville fiddler Christian Ward as the newest member of both bands. Christian steps in for Jason Carter, who recently
Heads up lovers of truly traditional mountain bluegrass! One of the top bands in the style, Big Country Bluegrass, with among the very finest male vocalists, Eddie Gill, have brought back a song that Shelby Jewell wrote and recorded with The
Shelby Means has been a grasser since her youth, born in Kentucky and raised in Wyoming. As a bassist and vocalist she has been part of two headlining acts, Della Mae, and now Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway. And now
Since 2017 the Stillhouse Junkies have been carrying their unique brand of bluegrass and roots music entertainment to audiences all over the US, from their home in Colorado. High energy performances and intricate arrangements of their own original material has
