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John Kaparakis on second guitar with Clarence White and The New Kentucky Colonels John Kaparakis, bluegrass guitarist and tenor singer, passed away earlier this month at what we believe was 83 years of age. This remembrance of his life is a

Norway's Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra has just released a third single from their upcoming debut album. It's one they wrote called Pickin' On Me, which has some fun with the way that the word pickin' has a dual meaning in English. Of

North Carolina banjo picker, Clinton Joyner, 92, of Concord, NC, passed away on April 12. Joyner first started picking banjo two-finger style in the 1930s, learning on his daddy’s second hand banjo. Around a decade later, he heard Earl Scruggs play

If you've ever had a chance to chat with Rhonda Vincent, the Queen of Bluegrass herself, you'll know that she's not just one of our music's most dynamic performers, she's one of its biggest fans as well. From the time she

Organizers of the long running Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS have announced that Chris Jones will serve as the new curator of their NewSong Showcase. As they look forward to the 49th annual festival in 2020, their songwriting competition

Arthur Conner, celebrated violin maker in southwestern Virginia, died yesterday at his home in Copper Hill, VA. He was 95 years of age. He was something of a folk hero in his part of the state, renowned for his beautiful fiddles

Fans of Minnesota alt-grass heroes, Trampled By Turtles, will want to jump on this. The band's most recent recording, a 5 song EP called Sigourney Fever, will have a one day vinyl release this Friday (April 17). Only 1,000 copies of

The WVU Bluegrass Band has released a debut single from their upcoming album, expected in the fall. It's a song titled Rhopalocera, written and sung by Music Therapy student Emily Lehr. The Band is a student group within the Music Department

Even though we can't get out and see any live music just now, there are a great many new releases hitting while everyone is stuck at home. Our bluegrass record labels are doing their part to ease the cabin fever

Destination Bluegrass, a central North Carolina based band, just released their first single and title cut, Over on the Other Shore, from their forthcoming Gospel album. The hymn, written by the band’s fiddler, Randy Willard, features the Carolina native singing