Events

Phillip Wilson with Cliff Top at the Folds of Honor Vino & Valor fundraiser - photo © Pamm Tucker A local bluegrass band in Oklahoma City, Cliff Top, recently had the opportunity to perform at a prestigious Folds of Honor event,

When several interested bluegrass lovers near San Francisco, CA started discussions in 1974 about founding a non-profit organization to promote the music in their state, I'm sure they hoped for big things. But one doubts that they could have imagined

How would you like to have a bluegrass-themed craft brewery, food joint, and wine bar close to home? Well if you live in western North Carolina, you'll want to check out B Chord Live, located in Granite Falls, about 40 minutes

The venerable Poppy Mountain Bluegrass Festival, held in northeastern Kentucky for more than three decades, has announced a change at the top. Lawrence Conn, the grandson of co-founder Sandy Knipp, who held the first event with his cousin, Marty Stevens,

Once in a Blue Moon, winning band at Highfalls Fiddlers' Convention - photo © G. Nicholas Hancock The 2025 Highfalls' Fiddlers’ Convention, held April 5 at North Moore High School in Robbins, NC, was a great reflection of the talent central

Tomorrow night, March 27, Rhonda Vincent & The Rage will roll into Bristol, TN and the beautiful Paramount Center for the Arts in a special concert to benefit Waiting to Hear and their free weekend camp for deaf children. Everyone reading

Dannie Stegall, buck dancer, at the 2025 Seagrove Fiddlers' Convention - photo © G Nicholas Hancock G. Nicholas Hancock was on hand at the 70th Seagrove Fiddlers' Convention at the Seagrove Elementary School in Seagrove, NC this past weekend to capture the event

Alison Krauss & Union Station have announced the addition of fiddler supreme Stuart Duncan to their lineup for the 2025 Arcadia tour, slated to begin in a few weeks. Stuart is widely recognized as among the very finest fiddlers ever to

There’s no denying the fact that Dolly Parton is irrepressible, iconic, and engaging. All three of those traits were in evidence on Friday, March 14 when Dolly herself greeted the press on the day before Dollywood officially reopened the doors

Bluegrass lovers in central Virginia and beyond have known the name 'Sweet Brenda' for some time. As a radio host, Brenda Lawson has been heard on The Bluegrass Jamboree for years now, first with her husband, Calvin, on the Sweet