Events

On October 20, 2013, 100 lucky music fans will have a unique opportunity to return to the Red Fox Inn — DC's hottest bluegrass nightclub of the 1970s — to listen to the current configuration of the Seldom Scene, along

Williamson Branch is a young family band from the Nashville area, featuring Kevin and Debbie Williamson and their three young daughters, Melody, Kadence, and Caroline. Bluegrass fans will recognize Kevin as the guitarist with The Farm Hands Quartet, one of

IBMA week 2013 brought about many new changes to bluegrass' signature event. In addition to being the first World of Bluegrass in Raleigh, this was the first WOB for Taylor Coughlin, IBMA's Publications/Special Projects Director. I had the opportunity to

Among the bluegrass celebrities we caught up with last week in Raleigh were Russell Moore and Wayne Benson from IIIrd Tyme Out. We talked about Timeless Hits From The Past, Bluegrassed, their current album with Cracker Barrel, and how working

World of Bluegrass each year is full of surprises. Usually they're mostly positive, though you do occasionally hear of a stolen instrument or a piece of lost luggage among the regular attendees. This year the surprises we encountered were all good,

While we were in Raleigh last week for the IBMA's 2013 World of Bluegrass convention, we had a lovely visit with Connie Matthews, nephew of the great Clyde Moody. Connie had recently acquired Uncle Clyde's last guitar, a Martin D-28,

The Kentucky Supreme Court has declined a request to review the case over how the name of legendary bluegrass musician Bill Monroe can be used. This means that the Kentucky Court of Appeals ruling stands, and that the Jerusalem Ridge Bluegrass

This past weekend during the 13th annual Nothin Fancy Bluegrass Festival in central Virginia, Rhonda Vincent & the Rage paid tribute to their genial hosts by dressing up as Nothin Fancy, and playing a set of their most popular numbers. Rhonda

Generally, when I write these around the week of the IBMA World of Bluegrass, I like to keep them extremely short, to match the nights of sleep I’ve had, and the attention span I have as a result. I guess that

One of the most emotionally satisfying moments for me during last Thursday's IBMA Awards presentation was seeing Mike Munford accept the Banjo Player of the Year trophy for 2013. Mike has been the "banjo players' banjo player" for many years,