The WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour, an all-volunteer-run non-profit Kentucky-based organization that is a worldwide multimedia celebration of grassroots music, is expanding. Filmed in front of a live audience, the one-hour musical conversation focusing on artists and their music has always
Vivian Pennington Hopkins, president of the North Carolina Bluegrass Music Association, has passed the baton to Steve Leatherwood of Shelby, NC. "I'm thrilled to have Steve serve as president. He and a new slate of officers have brought new ideas and
Seth Mulder & Midnight Run at the 2022 Camp Springs Bluegrass Festival - photo by Laura Tate Photography Labor Day weekend marked the fourth year since Cody and Donna Johnson reopened Bluegrass Park in Camp Springs, NC, site of the first
Rising bluegrass songstress, Olivia Jo, of Stuart, VA, will release her first single, You'll Always Be My Blue-Eyed Darling, on September 16. With Olivia Jo on lead vocals, the tune features an award-winning ensemble: Lou Reid, harmony vocals/rhythm guitar; Ron Stewart,
Original IIIrd Tyme Out Reunion at Camp Springs 2022 - photo by Gary Hatley Bluegrass Park in Camp Springs (near Reidsville, NC) was covered in lawn chairs filled with bluegrass fans this past weekend. Overflow parking was needed. An extra row
Donald Brady - photos by Katie Danielle Photography For almost 15 years, Donald Brady opened up his grandfather's farm in Coleridge in central North Carolina on the last Saturday of the month for food, fellowship, and bluegrass music. On Sunday, August
Wyatt Ellis and Friends perform at the Caverns - photo © Dreama Stephenson Take a group of kids gathered at a Tennessee summer camp, add an iconic venue (The Caverns, home of the PBS musical series, Bluegrass Underground), and multiply that
Anticipation is high among bluegrass fans as the surviving members of the original IIIrd Tyme Out (Russell Moore, Terry Baucom, Alan Bibey, and Mike Hartgrove) gear up for a reunion show at Camp Springs' Labor Day Bluegrass Festival on Sunday,
Julie Brown, bassist with the Bluegrass Experience and Hindsight Bluegrass, is the new host for eastern North Carolina's Bluegrass Saturday Night on Sanford's WLHC and Sharpsburg's WLQC Life 103.1 FM stations. Airing 6:00-8:00 p.m. (ET) each Saturday evening, Brown stepped
Central North Carolina-based Drive Time has a new bassist. The band welcomes Lee Sawyer from Thomasville to their ensemble. Sawyer has performed and recorded with several touring bands including the Larry Stephenson Band and Grasstowne. Grayson Tuttle, their former bass player,
