Earl Experience returns to revamped Earl Scruggs Center
The people involved in creating the very first Earl Experience Banjo Camp at the Earl Scruggs Center in Shelby, NC believe that they learned a great deal in their inaugural year, and will be back this March with an extra half day, more sessions, and a guided tour of the museum during the camp. The […]
Two new singles from Daniel Grindstaff & The Uptown Troubadours
For much of the past two years, east Tennessee banjo picker Daniel Grindstaff has been appearing regularly on our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay chart with a succession of tracks from his Heroes & Friends album with Bonfire Music Group. Daniel’s talents were recognized while he was still a young man, joining up with Jim & […]
Rick Faris’ banjo missing after SPBGMA
Rick Faris was a happy guy in Nashville this weekend, being awarded the Bluegrass Songwriter of the Year trophy from SPBGMA Saturday evening. He was less thrilled when he made it home to Owensboro, KY and discovered that a banjo he had brought with him to Nashville didn’t make the return trip. Rick isn’t accusing […]
Bayla Davis included in new From the Top album
Regular readers, or fans of the From The Top program that highlights teen musicians of note, will recall our coverage in 2024 of young banjo player Bayla Davis, and her inclusion on the show that year. At the time, she was 15 years old, and was the first traditional music artist to be featured on […]
Stacy Wilcox passes
Popular Ohio banjo player and multi-instrumentalist Stacy Wilcox died on January 19 following multiple heart attacks suffered nine days earlier. He was 55 years of age. A native of Benton, TN, Stacy had lived in Ohio for 22 years, but never lost his love for his home state, and visited often. He started out on […]
Gator Marsh video from Todd Taylor
Todd Taylor, the South Carolina banjo man in black, is back with a new instrumental release, one he calls Gator Marsh. Long time fans and regular Bluegrass Today readers know that Todd has faced more than his share of health challenges over the years, suffering for some time from an extremely rare form of muscular […]
The Gabe Hirshfeld Memorial Fund
Boston Bluegrass Union has announced the establishment of The Gabe Hirshfeld Memorial Fund, in honor of the talented banjo player by that name who died unexpectedly on December 29 at the age of 36. A native of the Boston area, Gabe was quite well-known in the local community, a regular at regional jams, a member […]
Tom Timberlake passes
Tom Timberlake, a founding member of The Kevin Prater Band, has died following a brief battle with cancer at 75 years of age. He passed on January 2, at the Southern Ohio Medical Center Hospice Center in Portsmouth, Ohio. Timberlake played banjo and guitar with the Prater Band, but was also a fine singer, and […]
Gabe Hirshfeld passes
The New England bluegrass community is in mourning following the unexpected death of banjo player Gabe Hirshfeld on Saturday evening. Gabe has faced a series of health struggles throughout his life, but was on the mend following a kidney transplant earlier this year. He was 36 years of age at his passing. Gabe left his […]
Aidan Muse uses his banjo to advocate for American farmers
‘Tis the season of giving, and that is just what is happening in the bluegrass community through a multi-state collaboration among a 13-year-old award-winning Wisconsin banjo picker, Aidan Muse, a senior North Carolina songwriter, Rickey Dunn, North Dakota’s Farm Rescue organization, and Indiana’s Hopeless Holler Trading Company. Young Aidan Muse is not only an aspiring […]
