• ResoSummit announces 2013 scholarship winner

    Rob Ickes' 7th Annual ResoSummit convenes later this afternoon in Nashville, with more than 100 resonator slide guitarists from all over the world congregating to study with top practitioners of the instrument. With the start of festivities comes the announcement of this year's

  • The Church Sisters need your help

    So many bluegrass and acoustic artists have been using Kickstarter of late, seeking crowdsourced funding for new albums, that we can't post all the ones we sniff out online. But here is one of special merit that we hope you'll

  • Acoustic Music Seminar applications due Dec 1

    Attention talented young string players... Applications for the 2014 Acoustic Music Seminar at the Savannah Music Festival must be turned in by December 1. The week long seminar runs from March 30-April 5 in Savannah, GA and is open to musicians

  • Wasson/Hymer depart American Drive

    American Drive, who formed from the remaining members of the New South when J.D. Crowe retired at the end of 2012, has announced some personnel changes. Guitarist and vocalist Rickey Wasson and banjo picker Josh Hymer are leaving the group. Wasson wants

  • End of the Line for Republik Steele

    Republik Steele, a hard-driving band from eastern Kentucky, is calling it quits. Founding member Kenny O’Quinn said his last show with the band is Friday in Grayson, KY. Vocalist Dave Adkins confirmed that he, too, is leaving the band, which developed

  • Edgar Loudermilk leaving IIIrd Tyme Out

    2014 will bring a very different look for Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out. In addition to last week's announcement that banjo player Steve Dilling would be leaving at the end of this year, Moore has announced today that bass player

  • On This Day #22 – Springhill Disaster

    On this Day …….. On November 7, 1958, Bill Clifton recorded Springhill Disaster, a song that he adapted from a poem written by a survivor, Maurice Ruddick. The Springhill disaster took place on Thursday, October 23, 1958. Actually there were three disasters in

  • Balsam Range back on the road

    A highway wreck is the worst fear of a traveling musician, and of their families and friends. Both the driver and their passengers in a touring vehicle are especially vulnerable when a bus or van is involved in an accident,

  • Myron Dillman passes

    Myron Dillman, 79, of Peru, Indiana, the father of Dwight Dillman, owner and operator of the Bean Blossom Bluegrass festivals, passed away on Sunday, November 3, while in St Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis. He was born on 17 June, 1934. He had