Tony Collins, well-known guitarist in the Bristol, TN area, died Saturday morning (7/18). He had been hospitalized since the prior Sunday after suffering a massive heart attack at home. He was 54 years of age. Collins was a popular figure in Bristol, not only
RFD-TV has announced the September premiere of The Dailey & Vincent Show, a new 30-minute talk, music and lifestyle program starring Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent. The network has signed on for an initial, 26-week run with new episodes airing weekly starting
ETSU's Department of Appalachian Studies, which includes their Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies degree program, has posted an opening for a Public Relations and Marketing Coordinator. This is a half-time position for someone to assist with the promotion of the
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced The Gibson Brothers as hosts for the 2015 International Bluegrass Music Awards program. The awards show will be held on October 1 at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh,
OK... so it was only a metaphorical visit. But you certainly get the flavor of Brazil in this brilliant mandolin duet performed by Sierra Hull and Justin Moses at the Frankfort Bluegrass Festival in Frankfort, IL last weekend. It's a tune
In just over two months, we'll all be packing up for the trip down to Raleigh for the 2015 World Of Bluegrass. For those of us who spend a solid week there each year, that's nerve-wracking reminder of how little
Though it has operated since 1984 in a renovated building on North Washington Avenue in Lansing, MI, Elderly Instruments has recently undertaken a major exterior facelift. And what an update it is! Owner Stan Werbin has commissioned Los Angeles artist Jennifer Springman to
During last months ROMP festival in Owensboro, KY, several of the artists working the main stage slid over to a more secluded section of Yellow Creek Park to shoot a series of intimate video performances. The International Bluegrass Music Museum, who
We never tire at Bluegrass Today of expounding on the generosity and kindness of the bluegrass community. It was demonstrated again over this past weekend at the Remington Ryde Bluegrass Festival this past weekend in Centre Hall, PA. During her stage
Western North Carolina's ClayBank has posted another live stage video, this time from a recent performance at the Music Fest 'n Sugar Grove in Sugar Grove, NC this past weekend. It's their version of Helen, a chestnut previously recorded by J.D. Crowe
