Maggie and Gary Bilby are inducted into the SE Michigan Hall of Honor in 2017 - photo © Bill Warren Michigan lost one of it’s finest bluegrass musicians and people on Friday, November 30th when Maggie Bilby lost her battle with cancer.
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Sierra Hull Christmas Time Is Here tour starts next week
Mandolin maestra Sierra Hull has announced a special string of dates in December with a holiday theme. Billed as the Christmas Time Is Here tour, it will include four stops in the central and southeastern US that will also involve
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Brian Aldridge to Wood Family Tradition
Serious bluegrass fans are well aware of the deep tradition of music to be found in western North Carolina. So many fine artists and songs have been found in that rich vein, with no less an icon that Earl Scruggs
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Christmas in New England 2018
For the 15th year in a row, bluegrass songwriter Rick Lang will take his acoustic Christmas in New England show through the northeastern states. He's assembled a cast of bluegrass veterans to play and sing, and prepared a nice mix of
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Rhonda Vincent does the New York Stock Exchange
Rhonda Vincent will get a jump start on the Christmas season with an appearance tomorrow with her daughter, Sally Berry, at the 95th Annual New York Stock Exchange Christmas Tree Lighting in New York City. Both will sing during the lighting celebration,
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It Came Upon A Midnight Clear from Clay Hess
Pinecastle Records has created static image videos for several of the tracks on their 2018 holiday release, A Very Acoustic Christmas. The album includes contributions from a number of the label's artists, like Dale Ann Bradley, Tina Adair, Flashback, Merle Monroe,
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Sideline celebrates five years
Sideline is celebrating their 5th anniversary this weekend with a hometown show in Raleigh, NC. Not bad for a group that formed with a mission to only play a few shows in the fall of each year as their various
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New faces with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
As we move into the official holiday season, we also enter the end of the bluegrass touring season. Though many acts will continue to perform through the month of December right up to New Years, many others begin to slow
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Jesse Brock leaving The Gibson Brothers
After a highly successful 5 year run, Jesse Brock has announced that he is relinquishing his spot on mandolin with The Gibson Brothers. The announcement comes as the brothers have embarked on a newly-formatted tour in support of their most
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All I Want for Christmas Is You from Teddy B and Ralph McGee
OK all you doubters... Thanksgiving is behind us, so it's time for the Christmas music bonanza! And boy do we have a good one to share with you today. Teddy Barnstable and Ralph McGee from Goodfellers have put together a bluegrass










