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Last month, when the first hints of winter weather were making themselves felt in parts of the United States, Williamson Branch was sweating it out down in the Cayman Islands. The family band, consisting of Kevin and Debbie Williamson and

Commonwealth Bluegrass Band, based in Richmond, VA, has announced the addition of two new members. Jay Kaczor has joined the group on guitar, as has Joey Damiano on upright bass. Both are native Virginians who have performed in bluegrass groups since

Lance LeRoy, a larger-than-life figure in bluegrass music has died. He passed away earlier today (December 17) at his son's home outside Nashville. LeRoy was 84 years of age. Though never a performer himself, he was a great lover of bluegrass

Jimmy Maynard, a Blue Grass Boy in the early to mid-1960s, passed away on Tuesday morning, December 15, 2015, at his home in Lebanon, Tennessee, due to cancer.  He was 87 years old. James Howard ‘Jimmy’ Maynard was born on April

Well... now we know why Cody Looper stepped away from Blue Mafia. Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper have announced this morning that Cody will be their new banjo player. He steps in to the spot recently vacated when Gaven Largent left the

Blue Mafia has announced today that Cody Looper, who had spent the past five years on banjo with the band, is leaving the group to pursue another musical opportunity. Coming on board in January to play the five will be Indiana native

Regular readers know that this has been a very big year for Mountain Faith, a bluegrass band from the small North Carolina town of Sylva, who have been going nowhere but up since their summer run on NBC TV's America's

KCA Artists in Nashville, formerly Keith Case & Associates, has announced the signing of New England's Lonely Heartstring Band to the agency for exclusive representation. The group has been steadily on the rise since their somewhat accidental inception three years ago.

The newly reformed and reinvigorated Mountain Heart has been in the studio this past few months, putting together their first recorded project from the new lineup. Josh Shilling and Aaron Ramsey remain from the previous active version of the boundary-pushing grassers, as

There's not much you can get for $0.99 these days. If you are a banjo player, you'd be lucky to get a single banjo string for a buck, much less a new pick, or some new licks to learn. But wait...