Bluegrass At Large

Erin and Aaron Youngberg, 3/5 of Colorado's Finnders & Youngberg, are celebrating the birth of their second daughter, Ophelia Rose, born at home on the evening of February 19. She came in at 8 lbs, 9 oz and Erin tells us

James Alan Shelton is coming up on a major milestone, marking 20 years as a member of Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys. In a time when few bands last two decades, this is something to really be proud

Much of the US followed news this week of the kidnapping and, ultimately, the murder of Hailey Owens, a 10 year old girl in Springfield, MO. She was abducted near her home by a man feigning a request for directions

Bluegrass Today would like to issue a warm welcome to a new member of our national marketing team, Sean Dysinger, who now serves as our Sponsorship Director. Sean is located in Owensboro, KY, which long time grassers will recognize as the birthplace

If you are someone who follows the Grammy Awards closely - really closely - you may have noticed a new honor tucked into last month's 2014 celebration. It was the Music Educator Award, presented for the first time during Grammy weekend. The

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

During January's NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA, Washburn introduced several new instrument models that should be of interest to bluegrass and acoustic musicians. Their R360K offers a resonator guitar with a parlor sized body, with a shaded spruce top and back

Geoff Union, solo recording artist and guitarist with Ragged Union, and his wife Christina, are celebrating the birth of their first child. Aliya Mae Union was born this past Saturday (2/1/14) in Golden, CO. She came in at 6 lbs, 3

When we wrote late last year about Danny Paisley suffering a pair of heart attacks and undergoing a successful triple bypass, we indicated that efforts to create an online fundraising appeal were underway. Now, fans and friends can easily pass along

If it seems like we've been writing about Matt Wallace every few days, it's because we have. First we mentioned the debut single from his upcoming Pinecastle release, then his membership in Terry Baucom's new band, The Dukes of Drive, and