Bluegrass At Large

Blue Highway banjo player Jason Burleson and his wife, Courtney, are celebrating the birth of their first child together. Zebulon Charles Burleson was born earlier today at 1:26 a.m. in Johnson City, TN. He weighed in at a whopping 9 lbs

Japanese bluegrass artist Yoshihiro Arita has a new book designed to help Japanese players become familiar with more common bluegrass material. Titled Bluegrass Standard Book, it contains 56 songs and tunes that are chosen regularly in jam sessions all over

ToneSlabs, the boutique pick company making high-end products for discerning players, has announced their new thumbpick, manufactured in cooperation with Prucha Bluegrass Instruments in the Czech Republic. The first batch are expected to ship in March, and pre-orders are going

Rick Faris was a happy guy in Nashville this weekend, being awarded the Bluegrass Songwriter of the Year trophy from SPBGMA Saturday evening. He was less thrilled when he made it home to Owensboro, KY and discovered that a banjo he

West Virginia bluegrass fiddler Crystal Shipley BIttinger was the victim of a pedestrian-vehicle collision in Charles Town, WV on January 21 at roughly 3:30 in the afternoon. She had exited her car and was crossing the street to a coffee

Here's a bluegrass riddle for you: We'll be seeing a lot more of veteran singer and mandolinist Tina Adair this year; but we'll be seeing substantially less of her as well. How can that be? Well, she's got a new band

The North American Guitar company, TNAG Global, has announced the acquisition of Norman's Rare Guitars, the #1 vintage guitar shop in Los Angeles. CA, and among the most highly-recognized such outlets in the world. Known colloquially as "Norm's," the shop was

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Fran DeWine, Tammy Mullins, and Joe Mullins - photo © Michael George Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers received a pair of special surprise treats at their final Ohio performance on January 9. It was their next-to-last show

Applications for the 2026 Steve Gulley Memorial Scholarship are now being accepted online, in honor of the late bluegrass singer and songwriter who died from an aggressive cancer in 2020. An annual award of $5,000 is given to a current or

There are lots of ways to celebrate the coming of a new year. Some choose to watch the big ball drop in New York City, while others sing Auld Lang Syne. Still others attend a Possum Drop. (Yes, that's really a