Today comes the announcement of the winners of the 2024 Steve Martin Banjo Prize, given to recognize excellence across the spectrum of banjo styles. This year's Prize highlights a pair of young banjoists, one each from the three finger and clawhammer
Great news from our friend, banjo player Richard Ciferský in The Slovak Republic. On top of his many entrepreneurial ventures with his Banjolit company, and his recent children's book, The Adventures of Willo the Dwarf, Richard has announced the formation
Last year Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers cut a swinging bluegrass version of Reindeer Boogie for their Because It's Christmas Time album with Billy Blue Records. There's no new Christmas music from them for 2024, but they did create this
Most everyone within the bluegrass music scene in the greater Washington, DC Capitol region, encompassing northern Virginia, southern Maryland, and parts of West Virginia, has been affected by the passing of long time artist and performer Bob Perilla, who died
Are you a sucker for Hallmark Christmas movies, where a happy ending is assured, the boy always gets the girl - or vice versa - and the family farm, quaint coffee shop, or small town theater company is saved? Well then,
Northern California's Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band has made a habit this past several years of impressing music lovers all over the world with their original improvisational bluegrass and new acoustic sound. While still in their teens and early twenties, these talented
Sierra Hull has released a limited edition 7'' vinyl Christmas record called Holiday Favorites Vol 1, with two new tracks for the 2024 season. For the A side she's chosen Country Christmas, a classic from Loretta Lynn's first Christmas album in
Darin & Brooke Aldridge have put together a Christmas video for one of the songs from their Hometown Holiday album from 2023. It Wasn't His Child comes from Skip Ewing, a retelling of the Christ story as it must have appeared
Oh, Didn't They Ramble: Rounder Records and the Transformation of American Roots Music, a book from David Menconi whose title perfectly describes its content, has been singled out for a Certificate of Merit by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections. The
The Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America, known familiarly by the acronym SPBGMA, has announced the nominees for their 2025 Bluegrass Music Awards. Votes are tallied and winners named during the organization's annual convention, held at the
