Kristin Scott Benson, Gena Britt, and Alison Brown in the Compass Records Studio Amongst yesterday's nominees announced for the 2025 IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards were two for a banjo tune first recorded by The Stanley Brothers in 1959, Ralph's Banjo Special.
Trey Hensley and Rob Ickes - photo © Jeff Fasano Acoustic power duo Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley have announced that they will be putting their touring act on hiatus at the end of 2025. The two have worked together for
Norman Adams, 90, owner of Adams Bluegrass LLC, passed away on Tuesday, July 15, following a period of declining health. He and his wife, Judy, were promoters of 10 family-oriented bluegrass festivals for 45 years, presenting the biggest names in
Charlotte Scott, Ricky Skaggs, and Sean Badum at Skaggs Place Studio Ricky Skaggs has announced the reopening of his popular Skaggs Place Studio tomorrow, July 16, after several years of extensive remodeling and renovation. Opened in 1968 by Duane Allen of the
Down The Road Records has released another single from Arcadia, the new album for Alison Krauss & Union Station. North Side Gal is perhaps the most fun track on the record, featuring Russell Moore, who has joined AKUS for this project
Timothy Goins, a bluegrass multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, died unexpectedly on the morning of July 10. He was 61 years of age. A native of western North Carolina, Tim was living in Virginia when he passed. He had learned to play taking
Pennsylvania's Colebrook Road has a music video for their current Mountain Fever Records single, Alone Again. The stark black & white video nicely captures the somber mood of the song, written by guitarist/vocalist Jesse Eisenbise, drawing on some of the darker
Pinecastle Records have a new single for North Carolina's Burnett Sisters, a somewhat somber ballad called The Song of the Mountains. It's a new generation's take on an ancient refrain, that folks moving from the city to what they see as
To celebrate today's release of their new album, Southern Sunshine, our friends Williamson Branch have created a live firehouse video of one of the tracks, Firehawk, just for our readers. It's a rockin' fiddle tune written by Branch fiddler Melody Williamson
Mountain Fever Records has announced the signing of Kentucky's Throwdown Thursday band to the label, including several well-known bluegrass veterans. As the name suggests, the group began playing together as a weekly jam session during COVID, and once they recognized that
