The International Bluegrass Music Museum is auctioning an original painting of Bill Monroe by Aaron Kizer in auction to help raise funds for their new International Bluegrass Center in Owensboro, KY. The Center will offer the Museum more than 3 times the
Blue Mafia is a relatively new young band based in Muncie, IN, whose distinctive modern sound is centered around the muscular guitar playing of Tony Wray, and the strong songwriting of his wife, Dara. The Wrays have assembled a crack
Bob Mitchell will feature Rebecca Frazier on Best of Bluegrass this weekend, airing on WKWC which broadcasts from Owensboro, KY at 90.3 FM, and streams live at kwcweb.kwc.edu. She and her husband John stopped by Mitchell's studio on their way to
When Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers rolled into Butte, MT for a show this past Sunday at the Montana Folk Festival, they discovered that they were sharing the bill with The Birmingham Sunlights from Alabama. Both were scheduled for the Sacred
Tonight's (7/18) edition of Bluegrass Nights at The Ryman featuring Dailey & Vincent will be broadcast live on Bluegrass Junction, channel 61 on the Sirius XM satellite radio network, and on Nashville's legendary WSM radio. The show begins at 6:30 p.m.
The Stevens Family made the hop across the mountain this week from West Virginia to southwest Virginia and the studios at Mountain Fever Records. There they signed a deal with the label and started work on a new album. Bass player
While working in the studio on their Classic History album, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver had the cameras rolling to capture footage for a promo video for Doyle's new Family of Friends fan club. The CD, only available to Family of
Lou Reid has announced that his 20th Anniversary album with Carolina is expected to hit in August. It's a live concert recording, captured in December of 2012 at the famed Down Home in Johnson City, TN, containing 12 tracks drawn
During our second visit to Raleigh, NC to examine facilities for the 2013 World of Bluegrass convention in late September, we took the occasion to visit the camping facilities available during the International Bluegrass Music Association's signature event. The campground
Long before Les Paul started thinking about solid body electric guitars, the Gibson company - then located in Kalamazoo, MI - was known as one of the premier makers of banjos in the US. They provided tenors for the explosion
