Here's an update to a story we did last summer... The March edition of Acoustic Guitar magazine has a very interesting story about Bryan’s legendary "Banjo Killer" dreadnought guitar, which was damaged in the devastating Nashville flood of May 2010. In what
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper are featured live on SiriusXM Bluegrass Junction this week. You can join fiddler Cleveland, Glenn Gibson (banjo and resophonic guitar), Nathan Livers (mandolin), Tyler Griffith (bass) and Joshua Richards (guitar) as they visit Kyle Cantrell and play
I got this note from Jan Johansson, the Swedish fiddle player and teacher who currently resides in Cary, a suburb of Raleigh, North Carolina. Raleigh is, of course, venue for the IBMA’s World of Bluegrass convention later this year (Raleigh
The International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) has announced the graduating class of Leadership Bluegrass 2013. The intensive, three-day program, which was hosted at BMI, and Bone McAllester Norton PLLC in Nashville, Tennessee, and took place from Thursday through to Saturday, March
The first round of Bluegrass Pioneer and Personalities awards has been announced by the European Bluegrass Music Association. This special award category was created during 2012 by the EBMA to recognize the most influential figures in the European bluegrass community, both
Bluegrass Today is pleased to announce the launch of a new component of our site, a Bluegrass Business Directory. It functions much like our Events Directory, only the listings are not date sensitive, and they remain on the site indefinitely. Here
The new album from April Verch, Bright Like Gold, won't release until April 2, but a debut music video is available now. It's for the song, Broken, one of April's songs/tunes that serves as the opening track for the upcoming CD. This
Irish bluegrass balladeer Niall Toner has just been announced as the recipient of the first annual EBMA European Bluegrass Personality of the Year award. It will be presented on March 16 during the 5th annual Bluegrass Summit in Prague. This new award is part of
On February 26 James Reams was in Owensboro, KY for the presentation of a memorial plaque for his long-time partner Tina Aridas at the International Bluegrass Music Museum. Tina, who was lost to cancer on February 6, 2011, was a devoted
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced that Taylor Coughlin will come onboard as Publications/Special Projects Director next week. This is the position previously held by Nancy Cardwell prior to her accepting the job of Executive Director in 2012. Caroline
