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Cumberland County Line is a bluegrass band from Fayetteville, NC led by mandolinist Bob Phillips and his wife, fiddler Sheila Phillips. The two met playing with another regional group, the Bluegrass Fever Band, while Bob was serving on the US

Kelli Lewis and Wendi Kilman perform as Smith Sisters Bluegrass in southern California. The girls have been singing together all their lives, but took a stab at doing it professionally starting in 2016 at the urging of their father, Fred

Bluegrass Today expresses our grief on the passing of Mark Giejda, husband of bluegrass artist and valued client, Cindy G. Many folks noted Cindy's absence during the recent World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh last month, especially with her new Moonshiner's

Martha Spencer comes by her mountain music roots the old fashioned way. No college-trained folklorist, she lived the life via her family and their Whitetop Mountain Band, performing old time music across the Appalachian region and around the world. At

Andy Goessling on stage with Railroad Earth - photo © Dylan Langille Andy Goessling, co-founder and multi-instrumentalist with jamgrass favorites, Railroad Earth, has died. Not much information has been released, though the band has confirmed Andy's passing, and no cause of death has

Travianna Records, an imprint of the Mountain Fever label family, has announced the signing of Aubrey Eisenman & The Clydes from Asheville, NC. Their sound is a mix of bluegrass, Americana, and original and Appalachian-influenced folk music. Aubrey is the group's lead

Fans of The Lindsey Family, a bluegrass Gospel group from central Kentucky, are mourning with the family today.  Michael John Daniel Lindsey, who played mandolin with the family group, has died. He was 11 years of age, and had been fighting

Dan Eubanks, bass player with Special Consensus, has released a first single from his upcoming solo album, Look What the City’s Done. Like a good many bluegrass bassists, Dan came over to the upright after first learning to play other instruments. In

Billy Blue Records has released today the first single from their upcoming songwriter project with Rick Lang, Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout. Lang has created a number of successful bluegrass Gospel albums where he tasks top singers in the business with interpreting

Rachel Baiman, a Nashville-based fiddler and singer/songwriter, has a new album coming, Thanksgiving, an EP to celebrate the fall of the year. The material crosses from folk to old time and country, but she asked if we might highlight this bluegrass