The Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival in Hebron, CT has announced the finalists for their 2017 Songwriters Competition. Entrants are judged in three rounds of competition. In the first round, all submitted songs are considered by a panel of professionals, who determine
Mountain Fever Records didn't waste any time getting something to air from their newest artist, Amanda Cook. Little more than a month from her signing, and they have a new single to radio. It's the first track to release from her
Murphy Henry has been creating instructional video for bluegrass players for so long with her Murphy Method, that she's had to circle back around and re-shoot some of the early lessons to keep up with the expectations of contemporary students. Since
Here’s something for those of you who are education-minded... Hazard Community and Technical College, which is part of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, is looking for a new faculty member for their Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music.
One of the longstanding traditions of artistic and literary publications is friendly - and at times, not-so-friendly - debates about matters that concern practitioners and connoisseurs of the arts. In the hey day of British literary magazines, it was quite
Mountain Home Music has signed banjo player Gina Clowes to the label, and has announced a September 29 release date for their first project together, True Colors. Gina holds down the banjo spot with Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, and
The Mandolin Farms Bluegrass Festival in Flemingsburg, KY will host a reunion performance by NewFound Road, featuring the original band members, on August 3. The group, which formed about this time back in 2001, was largely based around the singing of
Mountain Home Music has announced a September 1 release for Before Breakfast, the next album from The Grascals. And they have slapped together a tease video for fans who can't wait to get a taste of their new music. The album
We caught up with Dale Ann Bradley yesterday to get some details about her upcoming Pinecastle project, due August 18. She is producing, the second one that she has headed up herself, and she tells us that the title is simply
Wilson Pickins Promotions has announced the addition of The Garrett Newton Band to their stable of bluegrass artists. The North Carolina group is fronted by 17 year old banjo picker, Garrett Newton, a protege of Lorraine Jordan, who also plays in
