Noted North Carolina fiddler J.B. Prince died early Wednesday morning (7/8/15). Early reports indicate that he passed peacefully in his sleep. He was 58 years of age. Prince grew up as a child prodigy, winning prizes at fiddler's conventions in his native
Betsy White shared this video of Lonesome River Band performing at last month's Charlotte Bluegrass Festival in Charlotte, MI. She captured them doing Daniel Salyer's Jack Up The Jail, which the band recorded for their Still Learning album in 2010. The live
Randy Wood's Pickin' Parlor has been hosting bluegrass and Americana concerts in Bloomingdale, GA for the past few years. Known worldwide as a top luthier and instrument builder for fretted, stringed instruments, Randy has put up a building out behind
The International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY has opened a new exhibit, Bluegrass Music: a history with many sources. It will run for one year, chronicling the beginnings of bluegrass and pre-bluegrass music. The focus of the exhibit is the period
Warning... This might be the cutest bluegrass music video you've seen in a while. It was created a couple of years ago by Belgian banjo player Thierry Schoysman for the opening track of Rawhide's 2012 release, The Dark Is Barking. Thierry noticed his
It's a long way from Harlan County, Kentucky to the bright lights and big city ways of Los Angeles, CA. But bluegrass boys Shotgun Holler made the trip out to Culver City and the Sony TV Studios for an appearance
Performance rights organization SESAC, formerly know as the Society of European Stage Authors and Composers, has announced its intention to purchase the Harry Fox Agency, the largest purveyor of mechanical licensing for music and video. Still the smallest of the large
Another inventive contemporary bluegrass band from Boston? What do they do, grow 'em in a lab? Young grassers with something to say are clearly finding their way to Boston these days, making the city fertile ground for the sort of pop-influenced,
The Steep Canyon Rangers have released a new music video from their upcoming Rounder album, Radio. It's for one which songwriter (and SCR banjo man) Graham Sharp calls a "good ol' bluegrass tornado song," Blow Me Away. The video was shot and edited
The 2015 Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival has a special treat in store for banjo lovers, and fans of the seminal and highly influential style of Bill Keith. Bill was a pioneer in developing what is now known as the melodic style
