Tonight the 2025 Bluegrass Music Awards are being announced in Nashville at the Sheraton Music City hotel during the 41st annual SPBGMA National Convention & Band Championship. Our SPBGMA correspondent, Nick Newlon, will be reporting the winners as they are announced.
Huber Banjos has announced that Russ Carson, the crackerjack banjo player with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, is the latest endorser of the banjos, with the introduction of the new gold-plated Russ Carson Signature model Huber. Russ joins Sammy Shelor
West Virginia's Crandall Creek is back with a new single, Court'n Katie, a somber mountain ballad with distinct overtones of foul play. Greg Blake of Special Consensus, who recently collaborated with Crandall Creek for a duet on Lazy Sunday, offered high
The good folks with the Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour in Lexington, KY are once again collecting donated musical instruments to distribute to the victims of the destructive flooding in the Appalachian region. On top of the loss of their homes,
Silver Dollar City has put out the call for bluegrass pickers and singers. They plan to assemble a band to perform at the park in Branson, MO from April through November this year. The entertainment team is not interested in existing
Pinecastle Records has brought out a music video for the new single from Wilson Banjo Co, just as the band releases a five-track EP, Lonely As It Gets, which nicely showcases the latest iteration of the group. The video is for
Sam Bush – photo © Bryan Bolea Sam Bush and the Brooklyn Arts Center are offering artists the opportunity to open for him and his Sam Bush Band on February 16 in Wilmington, NC. Bands, small ensembles, and solo acts are eligible to
Australian bluegrass singer turned Nashville resident Kristy Cox has brought in two new members to her touring band, Grasstime. Both are experienced players who should be familiar to many in the bluegrass community. Cody Tinnin has come aboard on bass, and
Photo of Kyle Windbeck by The Brewgrass Chronicle Turnberry Records has a new single on offer, a collaboration between Darren Beachley and Kyle Windbeck called Ride. Bluegrass fans have seen and heard Darren during his stint with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, or
The University of North Carolina Press has released a new biography on one of that state's most influential native sons, Doc Watson. Doc Watson: A Life in Music, by Eddie Huffman, relates the history and career of the blind guitarist whose
