• Prayers for Phil Leadbetter

    Phil Leadbetter, bluegrass music's beloved Uncle Phil, today received some most unwelcome news. "I have not been diagnosed yet, but after many scans and bloodwork, my cancer doc is pretty sure I have Lymphoma. I will be having surgery in a

  • Banjo for St. Paddy

    For all our Irish friends - and those who go green for the feast of St. Patrick - here's a new video from Chris Kavanagh, complete with banjo and fiddle. The song is Paddy's Day and it voices the general public

  • Carlton Haney passes

    We just received word from Fred Bartenstein that bluegrass manager and festival pioneer Carlton Haney died this afternoon at 2:15 p.m. (EDT). Sad news indeed for the bluegrass world. As we had reported last week, Carlton was hospitalized in early March

  • Welcome Abigail Gillihan

    Brance Gillihan, co-founder of Bluegrass Today, and his wife Lauren are delighted to announce the birth of their second daughter, Abigail Faith. She was born at the St. Luke's Hospital East in Lee's Summit, MO this morning at 8:06 (CDT), weighing in