Bluegrass At Large

While much of the bluegrass world was getting rained on in Raleigh, Wayne Brewer and Alyssa Poteet were getting married Saturday (10/3) on the Brewer Family Farm in West Point, KY. Wayne plays bass and fiddle in his father's group, Gary

Nancy Cardwell Erdos, recently departed Executive Director of the International Bluegrass Music Association, has accepted a position with the Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee. She will serve as Membership Specialist for the Hispanic Community, working to increase programming and resources for Spanish-speaking

Some of the top performers in bluegrass music got together this past weekend to offer a very special concert for Lance LeRoy. It was held at the home of his son, Lanny, in Mt. Juliet, TN where Lance and his

We received a note from Slovak banjo player Richard Cifersky, asking us to share a message about his indiegogo campaign to help him raise the funds necessary to obtain a VISA to live in the United States as a working

Bobby Starnes, noted bluegrass songwriter, producer, publisher, and studio operator, experienced a serious fall at his home over the weekend, and is recovering now at Welmont Hospital in Kingsport, TN. He suffered a fractured skull, several broken ribs, and is experiencing some

This past Monday, we ran a story about a missing pair of fiddles belonging to Billy Hurt, who works with Karl Shiflett & the Big Country Show. It's a story certain to strike fear in any touring musician, who quite

Danny Barnes, the 2015 recipient of the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass, is a man of many talents and varied interests. Not such a common thing in today's world of specialization. If you follow mainstream bluegrass music,

Billy Hurt, fiddler with Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show, is reporting that his double fiddle case was likely stolen during this past weekend's Thomas Point Beach festival in Maine. The two fiddles in the case are uniquely marked, and should

The 2015 Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass has been awarded to Danny Barnes, eclectic clawhammer and three-finger picker from Texas. From his time with Bad Livers in the '90s, through stints with Tim O'Brien, Bill Frisell, Jeff Austin, and

How would you like to have a photo of yourself and your banjo hanging in the home of Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn? Well the two banjo mavens have put out a call for just that, so that they can assemble