Bluegrass and Chili Festival 2014

The Bluegrass and Chili Festival in Claremore, OK celebrated it's 35th anniversary by bringing in some of bluegrass music's top names and the thousands of fans who attended didn't pay one cent to attend. The Grascals, Mountain Heart, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, Flatt Lonesome plus several local bands entertained on three [...]

Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay Chart – 8/8/14

Our August 8 Weekly Airplay chart is out, and Larry Sparks has returned to the #1 position with Bitterweeds from his 50th Anniversray album, Lonesome and Then Some. The Bluegrass Brothers also return to the Top 5 with Memories Of My Childhood, tied with Rhonda Vincent's Only Me at #3. Filling out the Top 5 are Balsam Range (Moon Over [...]

Rhonda Vincent remembers John Hutchinson

One of the many people in bluegrass who had been deeply touched by the life of John Hutchinson was Rhonda Vincent. She shared these memories of him on the occasion of his passing earlier today. The first time I met John Hutchinson, was when my band and I stopped by the Amelia Virginia Family Bluegrass [...]

America-grass! – Your Essential 4th of July Playlist

Happy Birthday America! 238 years ago, our founding fathers declared our independence from Great Britain and gave birth to a new nation. The land of the free and the home of the brave proved that a nation for the people and by the people could succeed. Since 1776, the United States of America has seen the [...]

Dream Big – Darrell Webb

If you get a good look at Darrell Webb, he doesn't appear to be old enough to have spent 20 years working professionally in bluegrass. In fact, he won't turn 40 until later this month, and got his start touring with Lonesome River Band back in 1994 when he was 19 years old. It was a [...]

Huck Finn festival under new management

Huck Finn JubileeFor 37 years, Don and Barbara Tucker had run the Huck Finn Jubilee in south central California on Father's Day weekend. For most of its tenure, their bluegrass festival was held at the Mojave Narrows Regional Park in Victorville, but after Don passed away in 2012, the festival moved about 30 miles to the Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in Ontario, [...]

Rhonda Vincent on the Better Show

As part of her recent New York City media blitz, Rhonda Vincent visited the Better Network. She sat down with hosts of their flagship program, The Better Show, JD Roberto and Rebecca Budig, and talked about her latest CD, Only Me. Vincent then rolled out The Rage to perform It's Never Too Late. Have a look... [...]

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