Caleb Bailey at his 2023 Merry Mountain Christmas Show - photo © Fletcher's Divine Creations Caleb Bailey & Paine's Run hosted their second annual Merry Mountain Christmas Show in Grottoes, VA this past Saturday night. A great many talented performers graces
Nashville banjo man Kyle Tuttle has announced a February release for his next solo project, Labor of Lust, full of songs and tunes he has written over the past several years. Kyle has been quite prominent of late as a
The Kody Norris Show has a new Christmas song on offer this month, fresh from their own home town in the hills of Appalachia. It's one Kody wrote called Mountain City Christmas, available today from Rebel Records. Kody says that this
David Parmley, surely one of the most popular and influential bluegrass vocalists over the past five decades, is now being represented by Sho-Me Music Entertainment, a boutique agency in Missouri. From his early days with The Bluegrass Cardinals to his on
We wrote a good bit last year about the debut of Portugal's first ever bluegrass festival, the Trafaria Bluegrass Festival, billed as the Festival by the River, along the Tagus River just south of Lisbon. Coastal Portugal offers all the
The Bluegrass, Old Time, and Roots Music program at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN has announced their first ever summer camp for young pickers in July of 2024. The five-day camp for students 11-19 years of age is
Terry Baucom at the 2019 Pickin' in Parsons Festival - photo © Jeromie Stephens Terry Baucom, a truly and deeply beloved figure in the world of bluegrass banjo, has died following a brief but debilitating illness. He was 71 years of
Here's another offering of bluegrass Christmas music from Bell Buckle Records, featuring Dunlap & Mabe, with additional contributions from Valerie Smith and Danny Knicely. It's their take on the 19th century carol, We Three Kings, spiced up a bit by playing
With their fourth studio album on the way early next year, The Dead South have a new song to share, with a taste of their unorthodox approach to bluegrass music. Based around the dark and slightly sinister vocal stylings of guitarist
Mountain Song Productions and Brevard Music Center, who produce the annual Blue Ridge Banjo Camp with Béla Fleck, and the Blue Ridge Guitar Camp with Bryan Sutton, have announced a third offering for next year with the debut of the
