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Manitoba has lost one of its popular bluegrass performers. Banjo player Gene Bretecher passed away on September 15, drowning in Shuswap Lake after falling from his boat while fishing. He was 74 years old. Gene had played the banjo since he was a

Renegade grassers Yonder Mountain String Band are set to release a new project in October. YMSB EP '13 is a short-form, self-produced album recorded while the band was touring, booking studio time whenever and wherever the muse spoke. Its four tracks

At the instigation of Jesse McReynolds, Rural Rhythm Records has entered into an agreement with the bluegrass veteran whereby the label will re-release the Jim & Jesse Old Dominion albums in both physical and digital formats. Rural Rhythm Records will be

Rounder Records has announced a September 30 release for Three Chords And The Truth, a country music tribute project from James King. Fear not, traditional bluegrass fans; the Bluegrass Storyteller isn't going country. But he has picked a dozen favorites from

Mountain Fever Records has announced October 15 as the release date for the long-awaited third album from Ohio's Jett's Creek. This project has been more than two years in production, under the steady hand of Clay Hess, and carries the unsurprising

Sweden's G2 has announced plans to start work on a new album in 2014. But this time they will be heading to the US to record. The band's first two projects were tracked in Sweden and released on Swedish labels, but

Earlier this Summer we told you about Jeff Parker's next CD, a Christmas album due in October from Lonesome Day. The record will be titled It's Christmas Time, with a debut single, Step Into My Christmas from Elton John, due October

A new album from The Del McCoury Band is due next week, called Streets Of Baltimore. We'll have a review soon. Download purchases are enabled now, as are pre-orders for autographed copies of the CD. Follow this link, and scroll to

Rebel Records has announced the October 22nd release of a new Gospel compilation album, Memories of That Old Country Church (REB-CD-8008). Gospel and sacred music has been an integral part of bluegrass music’s repertoire for as long as the music has been

If there's such a thing as a Matriarch of Bluegrass, Margaret Holt would certainly be in the running. We have learned from her family that she died on Sunday, September 8, at the age of 96. Her sons Aubrey, Jerry, and Tom