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Alan Bibey & Grasstowne have announced Jeff Huffman as the new guitarist with the group, stepping in for Tony Watt who had recently left the band. Jeff is from Smithfield, NC, and grew up with perhaps the best training any bluegrass artist could hope for. His dad was North Carolina bluegrass legend Roby Huffman, who [...]
In more exciting Alan Bibey & Grasstowne news... Wedding bells rang out for bandmates Justin Jenkins, who plays banjo with Grasstowne, and their fiddler, Kati Penn last weekend. The two were married on October 24 in a very small, private ceremony with only close family in attendance. Kati and Justin met playing music together in [...]
Billy Blue Records is releasing a new single and music video tomorrow from Alan Bibey & Grasstowne, and we have it a day early for our readers to enjoy. It's for one of the tracks on their current album, Hitchhiking To California, a grassed up arrangement of the 1979 pop hit from Supertramp, Take The [...]
Gospel bluegrass has been very good to Alan Bibey & Grasstowne this past few years, probably because they are so good at playing and singing it. Their cut of Gonna Rise and Shine won the Gospel Recording of the Year in 2020 at the IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards, and it sat atop our Bluegrass Today [...]
Everything has been coming up roses of late for Alan Bibey. Though he has been working as a professional grasser for more than 35 years, the past few have seen recognition come his way like it never had before. Winning consecutive IBMA Mandolin Player of the Year awards, hosting his own popular mandolin camp, and [...]
It seems that all our favorite bluegrass artists and labels have been working overtime since the start of 2021, as there are a great many new tracks and albums hitting both this week and this month. One such is Billy Blue Records, who are releasing a second single on Friday from their upcoming project for [...]
Despite the lack of touring opportunities, 2020 has been a good year for Alan Bibey & Grasstowne. Tracks for the band's last album have seen success on the charts, and Alan won his second consecutive award from the IBMA for Mandolin Player of the Year. They also signed with Billy Blue Records and recently secured [...]
Big news for fans of Alan Bibey & Grasstowne! Alan has announced the addition of Kati Penn to the band on fiddle plus lead and harmony vocals. She steps in to the spot recently vacated when Laura Orshaw departed to join The Po' Ramblin' Boys. Penn is an established bluegrass veteran, returning to touring after [...]
Billy Blue Records has released a clever new music video from Alan Bibey & Grasstowne, telling the story in their latest single, Hitchhiking To California. The song has been an instant hit, debuting on our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay chart at #5 last week, and sure to keep on rising. Alan played on the first [...]
Here's a blast from the past from Alan Bibey & Grasstowne - from 35 years ago to be exact! It's the debut single from their upcoming project with Billy Blue Records, Hitchhiking To California, one Alan recorded with New Quicksilver back in 1985. That marked Bibey's first real professional gig in bluegrass, when he was [...]
