Music

Banjo playing pastor, Steve Bruce, has a new single this week from his all-original instrumental project, What I Know Now. Even without lyrics, all of Steve's tunes have titles that reference stories or themes from the Bible. This latest, Facing The

Bluegrass lost a great supporter, entrepreneur, and friend in the passing of Glenn 'Hoppy' Hopkins, 74, of Gold Hill, NC, on June 2. He was married to former North Carolina Bluegrass Association president, Vivian Pennington Hopkins. They celebrated their 50th

The slow merging of classic country into the bluegrass genre has generated a good bit of comment by people who care about both styles. Seeing artists like The Malpass Brothers be so warmly received at bluegrass festivals is one sign,

Tim Raybon is back today with another feel-good bluegrass single, a happy summer number about true love called I Could Get Used To This. It's his latest single from Pinecastle Records, and seems likely to continue Tim's streak of hits

From Bozeman, MT comes Laney Lou & The Bird Dogs, a bluegrass/Americana group specializing in original music and high energy performances. This past seven years they have been taking their sound to folks all across the Great Plains and the

Fog Holler at Grevengrass in Greven, Germany - photo by Kianna Mott-Smith Fog Holler is a young bluegrass band from Portland, OR with a modern approach to this traditional art form. Or as they like to say, It’s a new shade of

Popular Indiana bluegrass radio host Terry Thacker died on May 31. For nearly 30 years he hosted Colonel Terry's Bluegrass Corner Sunday mornings on WAWK, 95.5 The Hawk in Kendallville, IN. Until the station began simulcasting their signal online, Terry's

Mountain Home Music has a new single this week from their upcoming project with Balsam Range, a song which offers a clever twist on the good old heartbreak story. Snake Charmer comes from Milan Miller and Beth Husband, who contributed a

Punch Brothers has been an astoundingly resilient group since their founding in 2006. Original bassist Greg Garrison left two years later, replaced by then 22 year old wunderkind, Paul Kowert, but the other founding members - Chris Thile on mandolin,

Margie Sullivan, The First Lady of Bluegrass Gospel Music, so named by Bill Monroe, and matriarch of the famed Sullivan Family Gospel Singers, passed away on May 31, 2023, at age 90.  Margie Louise Brewster Sullivan was born January 22, 1933,