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Who are those masked men? Billy Blue Records in Nashville has announced the signing of Seth Mulder & Midnight Run to the label. They met with Billy Blue execs Jerry Salley and Ed Leonard recently to approve the contract, and posed

We have learned this morning of the sudden passing Wednesday night of Dan Kelly, fiddler, prominent Nashvillian, and member of the popular act, Tennessee Mafia Jug Band. Details are few at this point, but we have this statement issued by the

Pinecastle Records has released another single from their upcoming album by Phil Leadbetter And The All Stars Of Bluegrass, Swing For The Fences. The band is a special side project led by Leadbetter, consisting of Alan Bibey on mandolin, Robert Hale

This article has been edited since it first appeared, to correct some erroneous information. Kentucky Just Us has announced a new guitarist in the band, the first non-family member to perform with them regularly. The group had always consisted of the members

Mountain Fever Records has released another single from Amanda Cook, the second this year from her upcoming Narrowing The Gap project. This one is one written by band members Carolyne VanLierop and Troy Boone, who handle banjo and mandolin respectively in the

There is likely no more common topic of discussion in bluegrass circles than Doyle Lawson's latest band. In his more than 40 years as a bandleader - and headliner - Doyle has reformed his touring group more times than he'd

Those of us who appreciate Appalachian-inspired roots music probably already understand how the dance tunes of the region developed. Through the melding of the folk traditions from the various peoples who settled there during the 18th and 19th centuries, a

Like all of us in the music business, bluegrass singer and songwriter LaTresa Smith has felt the impact of the shutdown. She has also felt it in her personal life, as we all have as well. So in the spirit of

Here's an interesting story about how a chance meeting at World of Bluegrass 2017 put two experienced bluegrass songwriters onto a co-writing opportunity, that is coming full circle at the 2020 virtual event. Mike Finders and Aaron Bibelhauser saw their co-written

Milan Miller has a new single released today, one that is likely to continue his string of hit songs on the bluegrass charts. Walking Home To Wexford is a vocal collaboration between Miller and Tim O'Brien, on a song he wrote