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A pair of bluegrass songbirds are teaming up for a special tour next month. Amanda Cook from northwest Florida and Kristy Cox from Australia will be splitting a bill in June for what they are calling the Southern Sisters Bluegrass

Doyle Lawson and Josh Swift at Bluegrass & BBQ - photo by Martha Bohner Those of us who live and work within the bluegrass world can easily forget the sense of awe and wonder that accompanies first discovering the music. Finding

When Tony Rice's Manzanita album was released in 1979, the bluegrass world let out a collective gasp. At a time when Rice was associated with David Grisman's experimental string band music, here was a record that was breathtakingly fresh, but

Here are the rest of the images that Laura Ridge shot last weekend at Denton Farm Park during the 2018 Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver bluegrass festival.

If you are one of the many folks hoping to visit the Mountaineer Opry House in Milton, WV before it closes next month, you have a good chance this Saturday. Valley Health, who has purchased the building which necessitates the Opry's

Doyle Lawson at the 2018 Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver festival - photo by Laura Tate Photography Here is the first of several galleries of photos taken by Laura Ridge at last weekend's Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver bluegrass festival at the Denton

When the judges' votes were tallied in last month's Yadkin Valley Bluegrass Convention, the top prize in the Bluegrass Band contest went to Destination Bluegrass from Mocksville, NC. Slate Mountain Ramblers took first place in Old Time Band, and both received

We posted a few months ago about rising country artist Mo Pitney being booked to perform a bluegrass set at the Bloomin’ BBQ & Bluegrass festival this month. Many bluegrass fans know that young Pitney grew up performing in a bluegrass

Hammertowne at Silver Dollar City (May 2018) - photo by Michael Cignoli Each spring, Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO goes bluegrass, dedicating the entire month of May to their Bluegrass & BBQ Festival in the park. More than 60 bands

Chris Smith has truly loved and enjoyed bluegrass music since he was a pre-teen. That love has turned into he and four of his closest friends forming the band Caney Creek, starting a bluegrass festival, and promoting children into hearing