The Kevin Prater Band has recently welcomed two new members. Albon Lee Clevenger has come aboard on fiddle, as has Clyde Marshall on guitar and mandolin. Both will also share in the vocals. Clevenger had been performing recently with Cumberland Gap Connection, while Marshall has
Since so many of our readers - both artists and fans - utilize Kickstarter as a crowd funding source, we are sharing this security notice they released today. On Wednesday night, law enforcement officials contacted Kickstarter and alerted us that hackers had
If you are a Bluegrass Today reader who regularly checks for comments to our articles - or likes to share comments yourself - you may have noticed a change in our commenting system. We had heard repeated requests for features that
Nu-Blu has released the first of a planned four videos, celebrating their tenth year touring the US playing bluegrass music. Three will be music videos from their current album, Ten, and this first is a conversation with the band about their
Harry West, longtime co-proprietor of Harry & Jeanie West Fine Musical Instruments in Statesville, NC, died on January 25. He was 87 years old. Their store is and has been a destination for both vintage and new bluegrass instruments for several decades
Through our good friends at WAMU's Bluegrass Country, we are able to share this video from a performance at the station earlier this month by The Claire Lynch Band. The show was hosted by Katy Daley, and filmed in their
Bobby Osborne is back to creating monthly videos to keep everyone in touch with what he's doing these days. He promises to make at east one each month, and encourages folks to subscribe to his YouTube channel to see them all.
To help promote the second stage of the Noam Pikelny & Friends tour, a video with highlights from the fall of 2013 has been released. The tour is primarily in support of Noam's stellar 2013 release, Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker
Nathan Stanley has signed with Nashville-based Willow Creek Records, who focus primarily on the Southern Gospel market. A new Stanley CD, Every Mile, is set for an April 15 release on Willow Creek. The label is run by Terry and Rhonda
Registrations are now being accepted for the 2014 KSMU Youth in Bluegrass Band Contest, held during the annual Bluegrass and BBQ festival at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO. The competition, which awards $4000 in prize money over 5 places, will be
