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The Kevin Prater Band has a new single with Turnberry Records, one written by Kevin's good friend Timmy Cline, the son of famed Clinch Mountain Boys fiddler Curly Ray Cline. Kentucky Mountain Memories tells of the east Kentucky hills where Kevin

Darren Nicholson has announced two new top talents as members of his touring band. Aynsley Porchak on fiddle and Avery Welter on guitar are now performing with the Darren Nicholson Band. Both have established themselves in the bluegrass world through stints

A Mainer and a Glaswegian are partnering to launch a new weekend mandolin workshop in Scotland. Ethan Setiawan and Laura-Beth Salter will host the inaugural Glasgow Mandolin Retreat, September 6-8 in Glasgow, Scotland's center for all sorts of folk and traditional

Volume Five is sharing another track from their next Mountain Fever Records as a single, one written by Josh Miller called County Wishing Well. As always, it's sung by fiddler Glen Harrell, as he relates this piece of historical fiction about

Mountain Fever Records has a new single for Nashville singer and songwriter Theo MacMillan, who is becoming one of bluegrass music's most discussed young writers. If the name is familiar, you may recall Theo's work with his banjo playing sister,

For years Tina Adair has been one of our favorite bluegrass vocalists, from the time she emerged with her family group in the 1990s, through a solo career, a fallow period, and a reemergence as a founding member of Sister

The Po' Ramblin' Boys - photo by Michael Weintrob Those Po' Ramblin' Boys are back with a new single, the title track to their next full length project with Smithsonian Folkways, Wanderers Like Me. At the same time, the label has

Banjo legend Alan Munde shared this lovely remembrance of his friend and bandmate, fiddler Dave Ferguson, who died recently at 75 years of age. I learned through Dave Ferguson's bother, Greg, that Dave died of a brain tumor. Dave was the fiddle

The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the songs and the writers who will be featured in their Songwriter Showcase, held each year during the annual World of Bluegrass convention in September. Dozens of songs are submitted for consideration, with only

Bluegrass singer and songwriter Shannon Slaughter has made a considerable mark on the music during his time in the business. While in college in Virginia, he performed with notable acts like Lost & Found and The Larry Stephenson Band, before