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Jim Lauderdale with The Po' Ramblin' Boys at The Station Inn - photo by Nancy Posey Holy collaboration, Batman! Jim Lauderdale has released a new album written and recorded with The Po' Ramblin' Boys, along with a debut single featuring Del McCoury.

J.M. Clifford hasn't followed the typical path to bluegrass artist success. The rising singer and songwriter teaches music in his native Brooklyn, NY, at both the elementary school and college level. From a home base in New York City, his

Katelyn Ingardia, lead singer and primary songwriter for South Carolina's Backline, has a new single this month, a gospel song she wrote with celebrated bluegrass songwriter Paul Breedlove. Ingardia is a very talented vocalist, and songwriter, and this song is

Karl Dieterichs with his wife, Jackie - photo courtesy Kim Dieterichs Karl F. Dieterichs, who inspired and gave service to generations of bluegrass musicians and fans through his Bucks County Folk Music Shop in New Britain, PA, his Buck brand musical

Hunt Brothers at the Double Stop Fiddle Shop - photo © Pamm Tucker The stage at the Double Stop Fiddle Shop, where once Byron Berline, the King of the double stop, stood, was the back drop for a recent unveiling of two

Pinecastle Records has a new single from Missouri's Route 3, a compelling song written by guitarist Jason Jordan called Southbound Train. Given the title, you might expect another lonesome heartache, riding the rails type of number, but Southbound Train tells of

The 51st Walnut Valley Festival, going on now in Winfield, KS, has announced the winners of their NewSong Showcase, with both top prizes and alternates named in 10 separate song categories. In addition to hosting a large music festival that celebrates

Bell Buckle Records has released a single from the vocal duo of Apple & Setser, their take on the early rock 'n roll classic, It Doesn't Matter Anymore. Written by Paul Anka, it was first released in 1959 as a

The busiest bluegrass in Boston may be Tony Watt, who in addition to being a flat picker for hire, also teaches privately in the area, both in person and online, hosts the continuing Bluegrass Tuesdays concerts and jams in Cambridge,

Finland's Self Rising Flour is back with a new single, the first from their upcoming second album, which like the last, willconsists of entirely original material written within the band. They play a distinctly traditional brand of bluegrass, which is