Music

The Fly Birds are a bluegrass/old time quartet based in northern Virginia who have been performing together this past six years. In addition to their popular live shows, they have an interesting naming convention for their recorded releases. After a

Mountain Fever has a new single for Nothin' Fancy, the second from their upcoming sixth album with the label, Here We Go Again, expected later this year. Like many of the band's songs, Crash and Burn was written by founder, mandolinist,

Bonfire Music Group has a new single for the special project duo, Shawn Lane & Richard Bennett. It's a new song the two of them wrote called 1000 Miles. It's a moody song about being far from what means the

The long running and very popular Midwest Banjo Camp will convene in a new home this year. Organizers have set plans to host the 2023 Camp at Manchester University in North Manchester, IN, located in the north central part of the

Crandall Creek has a new single today, a collaboration with bluegrass singer Shannon Slaughter. It's a homey, family-oriented song fromy the band's primary songwriters, Jerry Andrews and Kathy Wigman Lesnock, which describes the love we have for our children and grandchildren,

Pinecastle Records has announced the signing of singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Troy Engle, and with the signing, they have a first single to share. Troy is a native Pennsylvanian, who lived for many years in Nashville, where he performed with a

This report from the 2023 Barcelona Bluegrass Camp, held in Spain, is a contribution from Michael Luchtan, and American living in the region. Hello Bluegrass friends! We celebrated our 8th annual Barcelona Bluegrass Camp (BBC) this year, March 3-4. It was a

Alan Stowell performing recently in Florida, and as a younger man This obituary is a contribution from C.P. Heaton, Alan's regular pickin' partner on guitar and banjo in the Gainesville clubs for many years. Florida fiddler and guitarist Alan Stowell, 78, died

By The Brook is the second single from Steve Bruce, the banjo pickin' preacher man from Tennessee whose recent album, What I Know Now, was recently reviewed at Bluegrass Today. Steve is pastor at Faith Way Assembly Of God in LaFollette,

This obituary is a contribution from Myrna Riquier, founder of the Still Pickin' trio, longtime volunteer at the Podunk Music Festival, and perhaps the oldest working bluegrass bassist in New England when she retired at 82 four years ago. Connecticut and