Mandy Tenery, owner and chief agent with Advance Artist Support, is pleased to announce new associations with Balsam Range and Darin & Brooke Aldridge for artist representation. Both are major bluegrass headliners, joining a roster already rich with bluegrass talent. Brian
Author: John Lawless
Changing of the guard at Poppy Mountain
The venerable Poppy Mountain Bluegrass Festival, held in northeastern Kentucky for more than three decades, has announced a change at the top. Lawrence Conn, the grandson of co-founder Sandy Knipp, who held the first event with his cousin, Marty Stevens,
He’s Gone from Jaelee Roberts
Sharon White Skaggs, Cheryl White Jones, Jaelee Roberts, and Ricky Skaggs in the studio Just in time for Easter, critically-acclaimed bluegrass vocalist Jaelee Roberts has a single that shares her strong Christian faith, and her love for bluegrass gospel music. He's Gone
Nu-Blu releases first fully AI-produced bluegrass music video for Time
Though bluegrass music has done well in recent years when it comes to jumping in on new tech developments, that wasn't always the case. Back when CDs had already become the standard in the industry, you could still buy 8-track
Bronwyn’s big Opry debut
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes debuts at the Grand Ole Opry (4/2/25) - photo © Sophia Sharp Photography We reported earlier this week that Nashville fiddling sensation Bronwyn Keith-Hynes was to make her Grand Ole Opry debut as a solo artist on Wednesday, April
Welcome Winslie Morgan!
Summer Brooke Morgan, née McMahan, of Mountain Faith and Summer & Bray, and her husband, Chase Morgan, are celebrating the birth of their first child. Winslie Hart Morgan was born on March 29 at 12:02 p.m., weighing in at 7 lbs, 10
The Wrong Girl video from Kristy Cox
Billy Blue Records has cooked up a fun music video for their new single with Kristy Cox, a grassed-up reworking of Lee Ann Womack's The Wrong Girl, originally released in 2004. It's included on Kristy's current Let It Burn album. Written
Applications being accepted for Steve Cooley Scholarship at Morehead State University
The Kentucky Center for Traditional Music at Morehead State University is now accepting applications for their new Steve Cooley Banjo and Bluegrass Music Scholarship. Funded by anonymous donors, this new award will be given for the first time this year,
So Lonesome So Long from Robert Hale
Veteran bluegrass vocalist Robert Hale is featured on a new single from Pinecastle Records, one written by Tim Stafford and Bobby Starnes called So Lonesome So Long. Hale has been kicking around the bluegrass scene for several decades now, starting out
Gibson re-introduces J-45 model in new finish
Since being sold in 2018 during bankruptcy proceedings to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, the iconic Gibson musical instrument company has been going through the many models of guitars they introduced to the market, and making refinements, or as they like to










