The Pride Band of the Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University has released a single, When The Water Goes Down. It's a new song written by program alumni Tim Stafford and Becky Buller, who also participated in the recording. All students enrolled in the bluegrass program at ETSU [...]
Our friends in the Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University have asked us to remind everyone that applications for their new Artist in Residence program close this Friday, March 19. Applications are being accepted for a one year appointment, which is renewable, with a salary of $65,000 with [...]
The Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University has announced the hiring of two touring professionals in the bluegrass world to positions on their faculty. Dan Eubanks, bassist with Special Consensus, and Aynsley Porchak, fiddler with Carolina Blue, will both join the team as adjust professors starting with the [...]
The Appalachian Studies Department at East Tennessee State University has announced an Artist in Residence position in their Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies program. This position is for a bluegrass performing artist with outstanding professional attainments, creative accomplishments, and recognition in the bluegrass field. It will commence with the Fall 2021 semester, and applications are being [...]
East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, perhaps the first major state school to offer a degree in Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies, has announced a new concentration. Starting with the Fall 2021 semester, students within the Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music Studies program will have the option of choosing minors in [...]
East Tennessee State University Professor Emeritus Richard Blaustein, a fine old time fiddler, banjo player, and prolific scholar, has passed away after a protracted illness. He was professor of sociology and anthropology at the university and served as the director of ETSU's Center For Appalachian Studies and Services. He wrote dozens of articles for academic [...]
The one and only Sonny Osborne will be the live guest tonight on the Life in Music Summer Guest Artist Series, presented by the ETSU Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies program. Hosted by program Director Dan Boner, and facilitated by Lecturer Kalia Yeagle and ETSU alumnus Lincoln Hensley, the discussion will be held on [...]
The Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University has announced an online summer series of courses beginning over this next few months. These are available for both students already enrolled in the program who are completing their degrees, and for those outside the program who are simply interested in a [...]
East Tennessee State University in Johnson City has offered a degree program in Bluegrass, Old Time, Celtic, and Country Music Studies for several years now. For maybe two decades before granting the degree, the program existed as a study focus at the university, and trained many top artists who have gone on to notable careers [...]
Students in bluegrass programs from two different states traveled to Kentucky this month to participate in the Bluegrass in the Schools initiative for the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum. East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN and Glenville State College in Glenville, WV, both of whom offer a four year degree in [...]
The Pride Band of the Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University has released a single, When The Water Goes Down. It's a new song written by program alumni Tim Stafford and Becky Buller, who also participated in the recording. All students enrolled in the bluegrass program at ETSU [...] 
Our friends in the Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University have asked us to remind everyone that applications for their new Artist in Residence program close this Friday, March 19. Applications are being accepted for a one year appointment, which is renewable, with a salary of $65,000 with [...] 
The Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University has announced the hiring of two touring professionals in the bluegrass world to positions on their faculty. Dan Eubanks, bassist with Special Consensus, and Aynsley Porchak, fiddler with Carolina Blue, will both join the team as adjust professors starting with the [...] 
East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, perhaps the first major state school to offer a degree in Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies, has announced a new concentration. Starting with the Fall 2021 semester, students within the Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music Studies program will have the option of choosing minors in [...] 
East Tennessee State University Professor Emeritus Richard Blaustein, a fine old time fiddler, banjo player, and prolific scholar, has passed away after a protracted illness. He was professor of sociology and anthropology at the university and served as the director of ETSU's Center For Appalachian Studies and Services. He wrote dozens of articles for academic [...] 
The one and only Sonny Osborne will be the live guest tonight on the Life in Music Summer Guest Artist Series, presented by the ETSU Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies program. Hosted by program Director Dan Boner, and facilitated by Lecturer Kalia Yeagle and ETSU alumnus Lincoln Hensley, the discussion will be held on [...] 
East Tennessee State University in Johnson City has offered a degree program in Bluegrass, Old Time, Celtic, and Country Music Studies for several years now. For maybe two decades before granting the degree, the program existed as a study focus at the university, and trained many top artists who have gone on to notable careers [...] 
Students in bluegrass programs from two different states traveled to Kentucky this month to participate in the Bluegrass in the Schools initiative for the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum. East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN and Glenville State College in Glenville, WV, both of whom offer a four year degree in [...] 