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Yonder Mountain String Band has announced a change at the mandolin position effective in 2020. Jacob Joliff, who had been the group since Jeff Austin departed in 2014, is leaving to pursue his own Jacob Joliff Band, and YMSB is

This is a time of year when we are accustomed to seeing bluegrass groups make some changes in personnel, and sometimes even new acts coming forward to launch their career. Here's a story about both. Jeff Parker has decided to rebrand

Billy Blue Records continues their aggressive approach in the bluegrass industry by announcing the signing of western North Carolina's Carolina Blue to the label. Since launching during the summer of 2018, Billy Blue, headed by Ed Leonard of Daywind Music

Calvin Lawson, co-host of the popular Sunday morning bluegrass radio show, Sweet Brenda & Him, and co-promoter of the Rockahock Bluegrass Festival in Lanexa, VA, died this past Tuesday, December 10. He was 76 years of age. Along with his wife, Brenda,

Lamar Grier, banjo player with Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys and the Strange Creek Singers, among other notable names, passed away on Tuesday December 10, 2019. He was 81 years of age.   Born on April 15, 1938, Philip Lamar Grier Jr

A little more than two years ago we reviewed a very clever instructional book for fiddlers, written by Nashville musician John Mailander. Titled A Fiddler's Guide To Moveable Shapes, it conveys information in a succinct fashion that will be highly

Rounder Records has released Bad For You, the title track from their upcoming album from The SteelDrivers, as a debut single. Like most of their music, it's a mega-bluesy number featuring hair-parting vocals from guitarist, Kelvin Damrel, who came up in music

Sarah Harris-Hall and her family's touring bluegrass group, Trinity River Band, have come up with a big improvement over the year-end holiday letter so many of us are accustomed to receiving from family and friends, along with a Christmas card. 2019

Reso-guitarist Brent Burke has announced his upcoming departure from Rhonda Vincent and The Rage as of December 17, which marks the 8 year anniversary of his enlistment with the band. Reflecting on his tenure as a member of The Rage and

Snowball is an apt image for the winter months, especially for those in the northern US and Canada, where there is generally ample snow for balling and throwing. But for Baltimoreons, the word calls up more of a summer theme. That's