Rounder Records has released a new music video from Billy Strings, featuring one of the songs from his current album, Home. Billy has a reputation as the crazed flatpicker, based on his frenetic and highly energized live performances, where he mimics
Darren Nicholson, Balsam Range mandolinist, vocalist and songwriter, will be featured this evening in a solo livestream performance from White Horse Live in Black Mountain, NC. Since COVID-19 shutdowns have restricted the ability on venues and nightspots to open, White Horse
Bluegrass Unlimited, now under the aegis of the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, has named Dan Miller as their new editor, effective with the November 2020 issue. Bluegrass folks will remember Dan from his helming of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine,
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced a quartet of top artists to serve as anchors for the all-virtual 2020 Bluegrass Music Awards. Chosen as co-hosts this year are Sierra Hull, Joe Newberry, Tim O'Brien, and Rhonda Vincent, who will hold down
The good folks at Wintergrass have been pondering how best to stay in touch with bluegrass lovers in the Pacific northwest while the festival is on hold due to COVID restrictions. This festival is deeply appreciated by grassers in this part
We've commented several times over the years about the burgeoning string music scene in Boston, enriched by the city's two major music schools accepting folk and bluegrass music as a field of study. Not only are the New England Conservatory
The DC Bluegrass Union has announced Tom Mindte, owner and founder of Patuxent Music in Rockville, MD, as the 2020 recipient of their Washington Monument Award. This award is given annually to an individual in the DC metropolitan area, recognized
There is one solid truth in the bluegrass world that you can take to the bank - if you don't have fun at a Kody Norris show, you need to check your fun-ometer. Sure it's corny, and maybe even silly
The IBMA staff in Nashville have been busy little beavers this past several weeks, learning new technology and investigating the best ways to implement their first ever virtual convention when World of Bluegrass 2020 goes online for the first time. Though
The Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass Music has for the past ten years awarded a grant of $50,000 annually to a prominent 5 string banjoist which Steve and his Board of Directors have selected. The first
