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Bluegrass fans remember Courtney Hartman as the fiery flatpicker with prog grassers Della Mae, and before that with her family band, The Hartmans, back in Colorado. Since moving on from the Dellas, Courtney has relocated to New York City and created

In today's music market where one-off contracts and album leasing is common, it's a bit rare to see multi-project commitments from record labels. But Mountain Fever Records in Virginia must see something truly special in Amanda Cook, as they have

Rickey Wasson has chosen today, August 27 - the birthday of bluegrass banjo hero J.D. Crowe - to release the first single from their upcoming collaboration project. The album is a bluegrass tribute to the late Merle Haggard, with Rickey

CMH Records has re-released three gems from their catalog today, all available for the first time in digital form. All three had initially been pressed as LPs in the early 1980s, featuring several of the top artists that recorded for

Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, currently enjoying the #1 spot on our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay Chart, have signed with Midwood Entertainment for booking representation. Midwood is a specialty agency based in Charlotte, NC focusing on roots music. They represent

Granted, out relationship with Russia isn’t the best it’s ever been now. Even an apparent bromance between our two presidents can’t erase the cloud of suspicion that lingers between us. However if music is the salve that leads to common

The humble possum has long been a staple of the folklore of the southeastern United States. Their preponderance in both urban and rural environments makes for a symbol easily recognized, but while not as universally hated as the mouse or

Tell me if you've heard this one... A couple of flat pickers get together to pick a few fiddle tunes and sing some songs. Doesn't really sound like big news, does it? I mean, what else would a couple of old

Billy Ray Latham, the gregarious banjo player and showman with The Kentucky Colonels, died on Sunday in Nashville at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He was 80 years of age. Friends say that Billy had been in poor health of late,

Colorado's Cody Sisters are a fine representation of the youth movement in bluegrass and acoustic music. Megan Cody (15), and her sister, Maddie (13) play their own original music, assisted  by their dad, Steve, on bass. Both young ladies play guitar