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With Labor Day coming up, it means that the Grand Master Fiddler Championship is just around the corner. Top fiddlers in bluegrass, old time, swing, Texas, and contest style will get together at the Turner Theater in Franklin, TN, just

Mark Sanderford in his natural habitat - photo © Nancy Sluys This weekend during the 57th Annual Fries Fiddlers' Convention, Galax, VA-based photographer Mark Sanderford will be presented with the Fries Musical Heritage Award. The award is given by the Legends of

Since the International Bluegrass Music Association's announcement last month that their signature events would be moving to Chattanooga, TN for 2025-27, we have been in discussions with the folks at Chattanooga Tourism to learn a bit more about the city,

California Bay Area's Solid Gold Stranger is out with their debut album, Closer to the Flame. Together now for five years, this outfit plays a healthy mix of bluegrass, old time, and original music, as exemplified in their music video for

As they release a new vinyl LP on Signature Sounds Recordings, AJ Lee & Blue Summit have also produced a music video for the title track, City of Glass. It's a grassy number that AJ wrote, featuring her touring group -

We heard from Randy Barrett, President of the Bluegrass Country Foundation, the organization that oversees the management of the 24/7, live bluegrass radio station online, Bluegrass Country. Randy is also a banjo player, and the co-author of last year's authorized biography

Currently bluegrass music's biggest draw, Billy Strings has a music video today for his latest single, Lead Foot. Not only does he sell out venues all over the US, often for multiple nights, Billy is introducing countless people to his energetic

The Big Music Tents online instruction school has added a new course for students of the resophonic guitar. The seven videos in the course are meant to unlock the artistry of iconic dobro wizard Mike Auldridge, whose playing with The

The Life of a Musician, the PBS television program hosted by Virginia bluegrass artist Brandon Lee Adams, came away with an Emmy Award this year from The National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts &

For her next single, Nashville singer, songwriter, and guitar slinger Rebecca Frazier has a song about the adventure of the open road, with a music video that finds her and co-writer Rorey Carroll on a mountain drive in a classic