Museum staff with newly-unloaded boxes of CDs from the collection of H. Conway Gandy The International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY is in the early stages of archiving a large collection of recordings and other materials from the estate of
There's only another week left for artists wishing to submit an application for a showcase opportunity during AmericanaFest 2017. This annual convention of the Americana Music Association runs September 12-17 in Nashville, with invited acts given opportunities to perform before
The one and only Del McCoury made an appearance on Jeopardy last week. Not as a contestant, mind you, but as a musical clue. We finally caught up with Del to see what he thought about the distinction. "Jeopardy is one of
Valerie Smith has released a music video for Something About A Train, a song from her latest Bell Buckle Records CD, Small Town Heroes. It was written by Mitch Matthews, Dawn Kenney, and David Morris to describe the feeling we
The Bluegrass Jamboree, streaming bluegrass, traditional country, and Gospel music 24/7 online, is preparing to welcome their newest show host to the air. Dawn Mac will launch her own show on Monday nights from 8:00-10:00 p.m. (eastern) starting next week. Online
It's become something of a tradition now at the Shepherdsville Music Barn for Joe Mullins to perform a duet with host Gary Brewer whenever he and the Radio Ramblers stop off there for a show. So when they did a double
For his next project, Peter Rowan has chosen to focus on the music of his adopted home state on My Aloha. The one time Blue Grass Boy has been spending as much time as he can while not touring in the
The DC Bluegrass Union has announced that longtime WAMU broadcaster Katy Daley will be the recipient of their 2017 Monument Award. Katy will be presented with her award on Saturday during this weekend's DC Bluegrass Festival, held at the Sheraton
Rosine, Kentucky will soon be home to a museum honoring native son Bill Monroe. A groundbreaking ceremony for the project has been scheduled for May 22 at 10:00 a.m. at the town’s Everett Park. Though a museum honoring the Father of
The acoustic and alternative music worlds were shocked when Louis Jay Meyers died suddenly of a heart attack almost exactly one year ago on March 11, 2016. He was taken by a heart attack at only 61 years of age,
