Sibling Rivalry Between Bluegrass and Old-Time is Just Part of Being Family
By Guest Columnist James Reams Thanksgiving ? it’s not a lukewarm kind of holiday. You either look forward to it or you dread it. For me, I love the food…and especially the pies! I remember Dad was...
View ArticleJeff & Sheri Easter Host 7th Annual Homecoming May 7-10
Jeff & Sheri Easter are making final preparations for their 7th Annual Homecoming in Lincolnton, Ga. May 7-10, 2015. The duo are bringing world-class award-winning talent to help raise funds for...
View ArticleBluegrass, Blue Jeans and BBQ Part of Ride for Children
Eustis, FL -- Registration is now open for The 21st Annual Bruce Rossmeyer Ride for Children, presented by Hamlin & Associates. This weekend motorcycle event will be held on October 3 and 4. All...
View ArticleNational Folk Festival Presents Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers
Cedarville, OH -- Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers have been selected to represent Bluegrass music at the 75th National Folk Festival to be held in Greensboro, NC in September. The National Folk...
View ArticleBluegrass, Country Legends Perform Charity Concert in Brentwood, TN
Brentwood, TN -- Several bluegrass and country music artists who have written hundreds of hits and/or performed with some of the industry’s biggest stars will perform in Brentwood, Tennessee, on...
View ArticleInternational Country Music Conference Seeking Bluegrass Entries
Don Cusic is accepting manuscripts for a Bluegrass themed Special Issue of the International Country Music Journal until Monday 1 August. International Country Music Conference (ICMC) is waiting for an...
View ArticleDwight Yoakam Ventures into Bluegrass with New Album
Dwight Yoakam is set to release Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars... September 23 on Sugar Hill Records. The new album will feature bluegrass reinventions. North American tour dates in support of the new...
View ArticleSmithsonian Folkways Makes More Than 5,500 Arhoolie Tracks Available
Smithsonian Folkways is making more than 300 standout albums (over 5,500 tracks) from the famed Arhoolie Records catalog available digitally and on CD through the Smithsonian Folkways website starting...
View ArticleWhere Do You Put Bluegrass?
It is generally accepted that around 1938 was to be the beginning of Bluegrass. Although this form of music may have been called Kentucky or Kentuckian had it not been for the fact that Bill Monroe...
View ArticleThe Farm Hands Recognized for Bluegrass by State of Tennessee
Nashville, TN -- The Nashville based quartet The Farm Hands were honored Thursday morning with a proclamation from the Senate of the State of Tennessee and were invited to perform on the Senate floor....
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