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When Indiana bluegrass singer and songwriter Kim Robins reformed her band not long ago, she was at pains to insist that it would be a band effort, and not just a backup group for her as a leader. And she has

Mountain Fever Records has released a new single, the first from their upcoming project with Backline from South Carolina. This young band is fairly new, working together only since 2016, but they have gained popularity very quickly based on the singing

Jerry Foran, life-long bluegrass musician and band leader, died suddenly and unexpectedly at his home in Florida on June 7, 2019. He was 73 years of age, just missing his 74th birthday on June 23. Foran had started his bluegrass journey

The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced today the list of writers and songs that will be featured at their Songwriters Showcase during World Of Bluegrass 2019. Each year dozens of songwriters vie to have their new material performed at the

Dark Shadow Recording has released a second single today from their upcoming project with Rick Faris, Breaking In Lonesome. Rick is the guitarist with Special Consensus, the band he has toured with this past decade. He started on mandolin with Special

Amanda Fields is an up-and-coming singer/songwriter in Nashville, making a name for herself in the city's vibrant community of young bluegrass artists. Though she is living now in Music City, we claim her back in the Blue Ridge region of

Bluegrass music’s own truck-driving man, Travers Chandler, is working on a new album of recordings and shared a video teaser to whet the appetite.   Having worked in the trucking business all his working life Chandler is ideally placed to speak

Ray Deaton, the original and long time bassist and bass singer with IIIrd Tyme Out, died earlier today. He was 66 years of age. Prior to helping create IIIrd Tyme Out, Ray had been a member of Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver,

The folks at Nashville Acoustic Camps, who already host ten bluegrass and old time music instructional camps throughout the year, have added a new one for for this fall. The brainchild of noted instructors Megan Lynch and Adam Chowning, a husband-and-wife

New England songwriter Rick Lang has a Father's Day gift for the entire bluegrass community, meant to celebrate his father, Walt Lang, and all the dads out there who have contributed so much to their children's lives. And it really is