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It's not uncommon for performers in any style of music or art to hold some particular cause close to their heart. Often the reasons why you see them speaking about, or raising money for, an organization dedicated to research or

The Fireball Mail… the Bluegrass Express… the Midnight Flyer… all famous trains in the bluegrass canon. Now, the Durango & Silverton Railroad hopes to add one more to that list: the Durango Bluegrass Train. The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad,

The Rhode Island Bluegrass Alliance's scheduled one-day festival at Bally's in Lincoln, RI on March 21 has been cancelled due to low ticket sales. But fortunately, the Twin Rivers casino and resort has agreed to host the Bluegrass Bash headliners,

Bo McCarty is another bluegrass super-fan who has dedicated much of his life to promoting the music. A native Kentuckian, his long-running radio show, The Blue Road, is heard on several stations in the Commonwealth, and he is a regular

Billy Strings at ExploreAsheville.com Arena (2/23/26) - photo © Corey Johnson-Erday When Billy Strings played his sold-out, four-day residency at Asheville, NC's ExploreAsheville.com Arena last week, photographer Corey Johnson-Erday with Tune Ridge Media made it out to the Friday show. He

Keith Prater and his wife Sheila at Keith's benefit show in Greenup, KY (2/7/26) This past weekend, multiple bands and a completely packed house of friends and music lovers came together at the Pump House in Greenup, Kentucky, to support Keith

The Emorys, 1st place winners of the 2026 Bluegrass Showdown - photo © Vivian Pennington Hopkins Bluegrass First Class in Asheville, NC is in full swing for its 31st year, and with it, Milton Harkey is returning Bluegrass Showdown, the international

From the time he first moved to Nashville to pursue a career in country music, Dierks Bentley has had a love for bluegrass music. While grinding his way to the top, he became friends with a number of Music City

The Spring Bluegrass Festival held at the Oakdale RV Resort & Motor Court in Glen Rose, TX is still accepting applicants for their Single Mic Contest, offering cash prizes and a chance to perform on the Fall Festival later this

Band contest underway at the Seagrove Fiddlers' Convention - photo © G. Nicholas Hancock Rosin up your fiddle bow and tune up your five-string banjo. It’s the time of year when the fiddlers' conventions return to central North Carolina: Highfalls, Star,