Gene Horner in his shop (12/6/16) - photo © Hollie Deese, Nashville Interiors Well-known east Tennessee violin maker and luthier Gene Horner died on January 14 at the Ben Atchley Tennessee Veteran's Home in Knoxville, TN He was 91 years of
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Winner Every Time from Casey Penn
For her latest single, bluegrass singer and songwriter Casey Penn has chosen an acoustic swing number she wrote with Larry Cordle, Daniel Crabtree, and Keith Ward Eudy called Winner Every Time. It's a cheery song about a woman who is living
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Route 3 releases Your Love Is A Miracle
Pinecastle Records has a new single for Missouri's Route 3, one from their current album, Just Believe. It's their remake of Your Love Is A Miracle, written by Bill Kenner and Mark Wright for country artist Mark Chestnutt, who included on
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Liz Janssen passes
This remembrance of noted Netherlands musician Liz Janssen is a contribution from Silvia Fledderus. On January 5th, our dear friend Liz Janssen passed away at the age of 52. Liz, daughter of Rienk and Joke Janssen, was raised in Harpel, at the
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Bluegrass Trucker from the SW Bluegrass All-Stars
Southwest Bluegrass All-Stars are a relatively new group from a part of the country which produces relatively few bands in the genre. But this quartet consists of some of the top pickers and singers in the region, and they have
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B Funky from Laney and Bishop
Sound Biscuit Records are bringing out a new single from Laney and Bishop, an instrumental whirlwind written by Colby Laney called B Funky. Sharp-eyed grassers may have caught the hint in the tune's title that this one is likely in the
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Colton Powers leaving Seth Mulder & Midnight Run
Colton Powers, the hard-charging' banjo picker and tenor singer with Seth Mulder & Midnight Run, has announced that he will be leaving the band to start work on a new project he is working on. He shared the following statement online... "I've
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Carolina Lightning from Will Clark
Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Will Clark has spent his life as the epitome of the bluegrass sideman, most recently as mandolinist and lead singer with Terry Baucom's Dukes of Drive. Prior to that gig, which ended sadly when Terry passed away
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Winds of Rowan County from Wyatt Ellis, with Peter Rowan
15-year-old mandolinist and songwriter Wyatt Ellis rang in 2025 with the release of Winds of Rowan County, a double-sided, limited-edition 45 RPM vinyl single, featuring Wyatt alongside music icon Peter Rowan. Like an instant classic, Winds of Rowan County sounds like
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Jaelee Roberts covers LRB’s Looking For Yourself
Jaelee Roberts, the IBMA's 2024 Female Vocalist of the Year, has reached back to 1989 to cover one of Lonesome River Band's top-selling numbers, Looking For Yourself. As much as it pains those of us who remember that song (and










